I consider the Code of Conduct to be used as a platform of rules, or values, for CPAs while engaged in all types of assurance, non-assurance services, and should apply to all auditing functions in any given business environment, including government and non-for-profit companies. Furthermore, I feel the three key elements of the code that all CPAs should adhere to are the Integrity and Objectivity Rule, General Standards, and Acts Discreditable Rule. As a final point, could these codes of conducts also correlate to any Ignatian element of Spirituality? The first code of conduct I consider important deals with integrity, or being honorable, and objectivity, maintaining an open mind, while engaging in any services provided by a CPA. …show more content…
In any business environment from a clerk’s position to CFO, public or nonpublic, these individuals should reflect on how proficient they need to be while performing accounting services especially when dealing with public monies. In conclusion, the Code of Conduct is defiantly an enforceable set of rules with a linking to the Ignatian value of self-awareness, can be applied to an individual, public, and non-public businesses. Furthermore, the Code of Conduct also sets the stage for any CPAs accounting engagement and emphasizes what I consider to be the three most important rules that all CPAs, and their subordinates, should abide by: Integrity and Objectivity, General Standards, and Acts Discreditable Rule. Without this Code of Conduct, CPAs will be honorless, subject to public demonization, and will be definitely defendants in any litigation, civilly and\or criminally.
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