Ethics: Every Choice Has a Consequence Webinar

We have all made what we thought were ‘small’ decisions that had a HUGE result. Gary Zeune, CPA will ask Gallagher how his ‘immaterial’ choices sent him to prison. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

Learning Objectives:
What you will learn from this interview:

• How easy it is for ethical people to make unethical choices—and what to do about it.
• The impact of life’s choices and how that affects your performance, both personally and professionally.
• Real-world practical examples of how to use ethics and integrity to create success in business and life.

Highlights
Here are a few things you will learn from Gary and Chuck:

• Did Chuck's partners miss any red flags that he was stealing
• How 99% of CPAs rationalize illegal behavior
• Is your software installed ethically
• How “If I only knew now then what I know now” applies to you
• The risk of tax fraud from non-financial information
• How some socially acceptable behavior can be unethical for CPAs
• How a county water department was inadvertently unethical 
• VW shows how easy it is to circumvent control systems
• How 7 city hall employees didn’t use their rational brain
• Rationalizing is like wet cement
• Gallagher paid the money back, so was it unethical
• How the boss’s behavior infects some other employees
• How Chuck used trust to continue his unethical behavior
• The 3 ‘legs’ of your ethics stool
• How client controls at Chuck’s firm would have stopped him
• Chuck was an ERISA specialist. How that affected his sentence.