August 12, 2025

Webcast Replay

1 CPE

Ethics 101: Guidance from the Golden Rule

August 12, 2025
Webcast Replay
1 CPE

Ethics 101: Guidance from the Golden Rule

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    Instructor

    Bill
    Sheridan

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    Bill Sheridan, CAE, CPT

    Bio

    Bill Sheridan is a knowledge hunter, content curator and lifelong learner.  As chief communications officer for the Maryland Association of CPAs, he created and co-authors the association’s acclaimed blog; he created and hosts the MACPA’s weekly “Future-Proof” podcast; and he manages the association’s member communications and numerous social networks. He was named one of Accounting Today’s “100 Most Influential People in Accounting” for 2016.

Finding the solutions to our most pressing ethical dilemmas -- or taking a first step down the path toward finding those solutions -- might starting by asking ourselves the most basic of questions: How would WE want to be treated in these situations? Bill Sheridan explores the role that The Golden Rule plays in ethical debates.

Learning Objectives

  • Clearly define The Golden Rule and understand the role it plays in ethical decision-making
  • Explore why we often default to unethical choices
  • Identify the barriers that can prevent us from doing the right thing
  • Understand what people hope to gain from their personal and professional relationships—and how those desires relate to ethical behavior

Major Topics

  • Why do we make unethical choices?
  • Ethics as a competitive advantage
  • The Golden Rule as an ethical strategy
  • Barriers that keep us from doing the right thing
  • What do people want, and why does it matter?
  • "Extreme humanism" and why people come first in ethical debates

CPE Credits Available

1 CPE
1
Behavioral Ethics

Things to Know About This Course

Course Level

  • Basic

Professional Area of Focus

  • Ethics

Prerequisites

None

Advanced Preparation

None

Intended Audience

All CPAs who want a deeper understanding of how ethical choices should be made.

Provider

*Maryland

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