Texas: Professional Ethics, the Standards of Behavior for Texas

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This course satisfies the Texas State Board of Accountancy four-hour ethics course requirement for all licensees.

Title: Professional Ethics and Updates for Texas CPAs

CPE Hours: 4

Field of Study: Ethics

Prerequisites: Texas CPA License

Content Currency Date: OCTOBER, 2016

Author: Walter G. Austin, Ph.D., CPA

Walter G. Austin, Ph.D., CPA, is an Associate Professor Emeritus of the University of Texas at El Paso. Walter is registered with the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy and is an approved author of Texas ethics courses. This includes the 4-hour Professional Ethics and Updates course. He has published self-paced learning materials for college accounting texts, a computerized audit practice set, audit sampling templates, and several articles in journals.

Walter has also written and presented numerous continuing professional education courses for state and local CPA chapters. Aside from his writing and teaching, he has given speeches to various professional and academic organizations such as the National Association of Accountants, the American Accounting Association, and local CPA chapters. Walter has received numerous teaching awards and is a former Senior Auditor in the financial services industry with KPMG Peat Marwick.

Course Description:

This course satisfies the Texas State Board of Accountancy four-hour ethics course requirement for all licensees.

This course deals with the effort of the Board to have CPAs taught to achieve and maintain the highest standards of ethical conduct. These deal with the areas of ethical principles and values, ethical reasoning and dilemmas. Cases covering these areas are covered.

It also explains the issues, developments, and problems addressed by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy Code of Ethics and Cases dealing with Ethical Problems are included.

Unit Titles:

1. A Broad View of Ethics

2. Accountants View of Ethics

3. Rules of Professional Conduct

4. Other Rules of Professional Conduct

Objectives:

1.To explore the foundations and philosophies of ethics

2.To address ethics within the accounting profession

3.To discuss emerging issues and problems in the profession.

4.To describe new definitions of terms.

5.To examine new and/or changed sections of the professional code of conduct.

Customer Reviews:

This has to be one of the most poorly written courses I have ever taken. There were typos, conflicting answers in the review questions, poorly-worded statements and questions. I've taken many better ethics courses over the years. This course was a disappointment!