Conflicts of Interest: Dealing With Ethical Dilemmas in Business and Industry

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Instructor

Don
Minges

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Don Minges

Bio

Don Minges is a fractional CFO who worked in diverse industries at various stages of development. He has experience in profitability enhancement, strategic planning, venture capital, mergers & acquisitions, consulting, turnarounds, economic forecasting, cost accounting and financial analysis. Don has experience raising equity for several growing firms and has also invested equity capital into promising businesses. He has served on the Board of Directors of many firms. Mr. Minges graduated with highest honors from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke.

Ethics is complicated, and conflicts of interest are more complicated. What are the various issues involved with conflicts of interest? What does the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct say? We will discuss several seemingly ordinary, everyday conflicts of interest and how we should be more aware that conflicts of interest are common. We will discuss the ethical priorities of a CPA and how to apply them. What should you do when facing a conflict of interest? What is the ‘secret weapon’ to help mitigate conflicts of interest? The key to our profession remaining relevant is to maintain trust. Come and learn more about conflicts of interest and how we all can be even more trustworthy.

Learning Objectives

Understand how to recognize, prepare for, mitigate and avoid conflicts of interest

Major Topics

Do conflicts of interest matter?
Are we aware of common conflicts of interest?
What does the Code of Professional Conduct require?
How to recognize Conflicts of Interest?
Ethical issues regarding competence and gifts and entertainment.
Tradeoffs involved in dealing with conflicts of interest?
Suggestions on how to avoid conflicts of interest.

CPE Credits Available

2 CPE

2: Regulatory Ethics

Things to Know About This Course

Course Level

Intermediate

Prerequisites

1) At least six (6) months of work experience after college graduation, in a professional accounting, finance or similar role. Additionally, participants with management experience will also find this seminar very useful.

Advanced Preparation

None

Intended Audience

Who should attend: Corporate Financial Leaders, Corporate Financial Managers, CEOs, CFOs, Controllers, Board members, accountants, business owners, risk managers, Accounting managers, entrepreneurs, consultants, advisors and the professionals who advise them.

Provider

ACPEN