Financial Management Network Webinar - January 2023

When:  Jan 14, 2023 from 09:00 AM to 01:00 PM (PT)

What?

You are invited to attend a continuing education (CPE) event for accounting and finance professionals. The program allows you to earn four hours of CPE credit, keep up-to-date on accounting and finance issues and network with other professionals.

These CPE Sessions are conducted under the IMA's Global Core Values and IMA's Statement of Ethical Professional Practice. Adherence to these statements are required to participate in this event.

Here are the January 2022 topics:

Exceeding Expectations Beyond Ethics
Field of Study: Behavioral Ethics
Professional accountants, whether in business or public practice, have been viewed as ethical leaders in society. The profession's Code of Ethics imposes on accountants a responsibility to act ethically. Diane Jules, a Director with the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA), discusses her organization's Code of Ethics and why having a code is important. She also reviews the impact of organizational culture, technology and diversity and inclusion (D&I) on ethics.

Board of Directors: Building the Company of Tomorrow
Field of Study: Management Services
In today’s corporate world, it has now become very much part of the Board of Directors’ duties to see that there are frameworks and policies around ESG. Helle Bank Jorgensen, founder and chief executive of Competent Boards, has more than 30 years of experience evaluating ESG risks and opportunities for leading Fortune 500 companies as well as smaller and medium-sized businesses. She shepherds us through an analysis of current and future implications related to ESG for board members and financial executives at today’s leading companies.

The Accountant’s Role in Leveraging ESG
Field of Study: Accounting
ESG has been a hot topic in the political and business worlds for years and is now drawing a great deal of attention in the accounting arena. Katherine Smith, Executive Director of the Center for Corporate Citizenship, reviews the recently issued proposals by the SEC that would help to improve ESG disclosures and suggests some new ways of thinking about ESG and accounting.

Sustainability: "S" Stands for "Social"
Field of Study: Management Services
Accountants have an ethical obligation to make decisions that are free from bias and take into consideration environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. Loreal Jiles, Vice President , Research and Thought Leadership, with the Institute of Management Accountants, reviews the intersection of ethics and ESG and how accountants, external stakeholders, and regulators are leading the way to improved sustainable business management.

When?
Date: Saturday, January 14, 2023

Time: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

Cost: $40 Pay through PayPal
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Contact

Robert Hulin
(510) 304-1406
ima.eastbay.nc@gmail.com