Ethics With A Dash of Courage - Oklahoma Society of CPAs

Overview

Getting ethics right is a big deal, and ethics often requires courage. An organization’s ethics is directly connected to its reputation in the community, and solid ethical principles are crucial for the long-term success of any organization. This facilitated discussion goes beyond a lecture on ethical principles - it is a series of executive level case studies that offer participants “real time” practice in resolving dilemmas, with participants sharpening their critical thinking skills.

Highlights

The Value of a Courageous Culture and courageous decision-making models

Challenges to creating a culture of courage

Communicating your courageous culture

How/When to speak up? Career-ending vs teachable moment?

Supporting courageous decisions

Communicating courage

The Journey to Leading with Courage - Building a personal action plan

Prerequisites

Experience in an organization at any level. A desire to ensure you’re following ethical procedures in your company.

Designed For

Staff at all levels - Supervisors and ManagersLeaders and emerging leaders

Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:
Calculate the Value (ROI) of a Courageous Culture.
Determine and communicate organizational values
Apply Critical Thinking and Ethics under social pressures.
Analyze Ethical Dilemmas using structured thinking tools.
Differentiate logic, emotions and courage while making difficult decisions.
Determine how to balance the roles of Compliance Officer / Ethics Mentor
Choose an action plan for personal and organizational courage

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Fields of Study

Leader(s):

Karl Ahlrichs, Business Learning Institute

Leader Bios

Karl Ahlrichs, Business Learning Institute

Karl Ahlrichs is a Human Capital expert in the people side of finance and accounting and holds the highest certifications of the Human Capital field. Involved with the AICPA for 15 years as a content provider and thought leader, with a focus on Ethics and Critical Thinking. Karl is currently a contributor to the AICPA and Business Learning Institute catalog of continuing education and is a contributing author to the Journal of Accountancy. Karl has direct experience in with the strategies accounting and finance needs to recover from the impact of COVID. He is one of fewer than 800 speaking professionals who are currently qualified as Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) by the National Speakers Association and routinely presents to business and industry audiences on challenging subjects.

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