Helen Brand OBE, ACCA’s chief executive, says: ‘We’re delighted again to shine the light on ethics globally. ACCA accountants have leading knowledge in ethical issues combined with a wider view of business success that covers financial, ethical, digital and sustainability issues. We’re at the leading edge of this change, working with our partners to equip our students and members with the right tools, skills and knowledge to succeed.

 

‘For a long time, we have placed ethics and professionalism central to our qualification. We have an ethics and professional skills module, introduced in 2007 and updated in 2017, which students have to take in order to become an ACCA member.

 

‘ACCA aims to deliver public value which is core to everything that ACCA is and does. Public value means working in the public interest, promoting responsible and ethical business and supporting sustainable global economic performance. This commitment is underpinned by our Royal Charter. We believe the profession has an important and strategic role in protecting the public interest and delivering public value.’

 

 

As part of this ethics and professionalism theme ACCA will celebrate Global Ethics Day on the 16 October.  Founded by the Carnegie Council, this is an annual international event dedicated to explore the role of ethics in today’s world. ACCA is marking the global awareness day by exploring ethics in light of new ethical complexities to the ever changing business world that businesses must identify and manage to survive. Finance professionals are the backbone of business and ethics plays a crucial role in everything they do, so the industry has a particular responsibility to uphold and lead on ethical issues.

 

This webinar is based on ACCA’s latest sustainability research, the ‘Social and environmental value creation’ report launched during Climate Week (23 - 29 September 2019). It examines the ways in which climate risk, natural capital, business model innovation and social impact measurement and evaluation can be addressed by finance teams.

 

 

As a part of ACCA’s long term partnerships with Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs and CFA Institute, together these organisations have produced a film interview series, Ethics in Business: In Their Own Words. It features several global business leaders exploring how businesses are preparing for an ethical future in the face of threats and challenges presented by globalisation, technology, and human psychology.

 

Joel H. Rosenthal, president of Carnegie Council, says: ‘We are delighted to be partnering with ACCA and CFA Institute , two organisations who are leading the business community with the message that “Ethics Matter”.  Their work is immediate, practical, and accessible. It is timely and global in scope – in short, it is inspiring a new generation of professionals to meet the highest standards.’

 

 

ACCA has also compiled a global ethics film watch list, reviewing a number of films in honour Global Ethics Day in the latest edition of its AB magazine and online, and encourages audiences to check them out. Some of the films reviewed are:

 

 

 

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ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the global body for professional accountants, offering business-relevant, first-choice qualifications to people of application, ability and ambition around the world who seek a rewarding career in accountancy, finance and management.

 

ACCA supports its 219,000 members and 527,000 students (including affiliates) in 179 countries, helping them to develop successful careers in accounting and business, with the skills required by employers. ACCA works through a network of 110 offices and centres and 7,571 Approved Employers worldwide, and 328 approved learning providers who provide high standards of learning and development.

 

Through its public interest remit, ACCA promotes appropriate regulation of accounting and conducts relevant research to ensure accountancy continues to grow in reputation and influence.

 

ACCA has introduced major innovations to its flagship qualification to ensure its members and future members continue to be the most valued, up to date and sought-after accountancy professionals globally.

 

Founded in 1904, ACCA has consistently held unique core values: opportunity, diversity, innovation, integrity and accountability. More information is here: www.accaglobal.com