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How to Run Your Business Well: 5 Principles for CPA Success

How ethical intelligence, starting with Do No Harm, forms the foundation of a thriving, long-term accounting practice.

Created byBruce Weinstein
4.5
(15 reviews)
BeginnerUpdated Jul 19, 2024
How to Run Your Business Well: 5 Principles for CPA Success

What You'll Learn

check_circleIdentify five principles that help you make the right decisions your accounting practice
check_circleEvaluate a series of real-life ethical problems you encounter in your financial work
check_circleExplain the role that Do No Harm, Make Things Better, Respect Others, Be Fair, and Care play in your professional relationships
check_circleIdentify three simple things you can do after you complete this course that will enrich your business and enhance your reputation
check_circleDemonstrate the highest standards of ethical conduct by applying the principles of ethical intelligence in your accounting work. BONUS! These principles also apply to your personal life.

About This Course

This is a complete update of a course I created in 2020 called "The Ethically Intelligent CPA: How to Run Your Business Well." 

That course was 2 hours. This one is streamlined with better graphics, video clips, still images, and most of all, enhanced instruction. I took your feedback seriously, and the result is this new course!

You'll learn how the principles of ethical intelligence-- Do No Harm, Make Things Better, Respect Others (Tell the Truth, Honor Confidentiality, Keep Promises), Be Fair, and Care--form the basis of a thriving and successful accounting practice.

My goal is to offer you a fun and engaging experience with useful takeaways that you can put into practice immediately.

Your Instructor

Bruce Weinstein
Bruce Weinstein

Forbes Contributor The Ethics Guy®

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Through his entertaining presentations on ethical leadership and AI ethics, Forbes Contributor Bruce Weinstein, The Ethics Guy, shows CPAs, HR managers, and other professionals how everyone benefits from honest, accountable behavior. He is the CEO of both The Institute for High-Character Leadership, LLC and The Ethics Guy, LLC.  He writes about ethical leadership for Forbes.com, and his books include "Ethical Intelligence: 5 Principles for Untangling Your Toughest Problems at Work and Beyond," "The Good Ones: Ten Crucial Qualities of High-Character Employees," and for tweens and teens, "Is It Still Cheating If I Don't Get Caught?" Bruce's clients have included the international bank Societe Generale, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Ford Motor Company, Dublin-based construction company CRH, Northrop Grumman, the National Football League, the Western Australian Local Government Association, The Home Depot, and over 300 other companies around the world. Bruce received his B.A. in philosophy from Swarthmore College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy with a concentration in bioethics from Georgetown University and the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. The W. K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan awarded Bruce a National Fellowship in Leadership Development. He lives in New York City with his wife Kristen Bancroft, a compliance professional in the financial services industry. To relax Bruce enjoys playing music (guitar, harmonica, and drums), visiting national parks with his wife, and trying to figure out the plot of "The Godfather."

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