2025 Compliance: Ethics in Practice

by John Taylor

Part of a series on 2025 Compliance. This module explores common ethical grey areas, when to apply professional judgement to your decisions and how your practice can maintain an ethical culture.

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This module will enable you to

  • Differentiate between the framework approach and the regulatory approach
  • List the ethical codes that accountancy bodies follow
  • Recognise ethical threats
  • Implement policies that help build an ethical culture
  • Recognise the danger of poor communication

About the module

Accountants are aware of the rules, regulations and codes that govern their workdays. But, when it comes to ethical codes, these often take a backseat to the IFRSs and GAAPs.

This module looks at the basic elements of ethics that are required by professional bodies, and the need for accountants to adopt an enquiring mind when dealing with clients' affairs.

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Contents

  • Ethics in practice
    • How frameworks work
    • The framework approach
    • Ethical codes and accountancy bodies
    • Types of ethical threat
    • Professional scepticism
    • The basis of an ethical culture
    • The hidden aspects of corporate culture
    • Building an ethical compliance culture
    • Developing an ethical culture
    • Compliance risk management
    • Policies and procedures
    • Performance appraisals

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Author

John Taylor

John is a Chartered Accountant who has spent many years advising small and medium-sized businesses across the North of England. John is the author of two industry standard textbooks: Millichamp - Auditing and Forensic Accounting. He has also written several auditing textbooks for AAT courses.

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Total CPD unitshourshours21 units20 hours21 hours
Access period120 days
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Keep your whole team up to date.
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Total CPD unitshourshours1,500+ unitshourshours
Access period12+ months
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More in this series

Take a look more modules from the series: 2025 Regulatory Compliance