GOVERNMENT FINANCE ETHICS WORKSHOP

May 7, 2009

8:30 AM to 12:30 PM

NIU Naperville 1120 East Diehl Road, Naperville, IL 60563-9347

 To register for this seminar click on - REGISTRATION FORM

   

Intended Audience:  Finance officers and other interested local government staff

Descriptions:  Join us for lively workshop to explore how government finance professionals handle a myriad of ethical challenges.  Through a combination of Discussion and small group exercises, we'll uncover principles and perspectives that impact complex situations.  Earn about 4.0 hours CPE towards Professional Ethics.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand common ethical principles
  • Review local government and general situations involving ethical choices
  • Review tools and resources to apply in commonly encountered situations

Delivery method: Group-Live

Program Level: overview, update

Prerequisites: no prerequisites required

Advanced Preparation: no advanced preparation required

  

Earn about 4.0 CPE

  

Instructor

Pamela A. Smith, Ph.D., CPA, Department of Accountancy Northern Illinois University

Pam Smith joined Northern Illinois University in January 1994 and she is currently the KPMG Professor of Accountancy at NIU.  Her teaching and research interests focus on financial accounting and reporting related to business combinations, valuation, consolidation, derivatives and hedging, and business ethics.  Pam maintains a practical perspective to teaching and research by drawing from her years in public accounting and training as an audit manager.  Pam received the Illinois CPA Society's 2008 Outstanding Educator Award. In 2007 and 2008, she received the NIU Executive MBA's Golden Apple Award, and in 2006, she received their Teaching Excellence Award. more about Pam Smith

Agenda

8:00 - 8:30 AM Registration and continental breakfast

8:30 - 9:15 AM Overview: conceptual foundations of ethics

9:15- 10:15 AM Case studies: common local government scenarios

10:15 - 10:30 AM Break

10:30 - 11:30 AM Discussion of  case studies

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Decision making tools for real life

12:30 PM - Adjourn

Registration Fees:

Early Registration

through April 6

Regular Registration

through April 23

Last minute Registration
IGFOA member $130.00 $150.00 $175.00
Non-member $230.00 $250.00 $275.00

Registration fee includes continental breakfast, breaks, and material. 

   

registration To register for this seminar click on - REGISTRATION FORM

 

If you have any questions regarding this seminar, cancellations, complaints, or refunds, please contact the IGFOA at 815-752-8941 or info@igfoa.org

  

The Illinois Government Finance Officers Association is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA), as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors.  State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit.  Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37219-2417.  Web site:  www.nasba.org

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