The Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB), which includes Chartered Accountants Ireland, launched new resources on ethics and a series of webcast interviews with professionals with diverse business experience at a fully booked webinar on Thursday 15 June 2023. The webinar, “Resilience Under Pressure”, presented highlights from a CCAB survey which revealed significant pressures to act unethically experienced by professional accountants.
It also included a panel discussion, moderated by Iain Lowson, Chair of the CCAB Ethics Group, that explored a range of issues raised by the audience with Professor Pat Barker, Sam Ennis, Head of Tax in financial services, Sue Allan, CFO at Willerby Group, Carol Colley, deputy Chief Executive and City Treasurer at Manchester City Council, and Ann Buttery, Head of Ethics, Policy Leadership at ICAS, who also presented guidance for professional accountants on speaking-up.
Professor Pat Barker also contributed to the webcast interview series with Barry Doyle, Deputy President Chartered Accountants Ireland, Níall Fitzgerald, Head of Ethics and Governance at Chartered Accountants Ireland, Dominic Hall, Group Head of Ethical Business Conduct at BAE Systems Plc, Malcolm Bacchus, Interim Finance Director, and Professor Chris Cowton, Associate Director at the Institute of Business Ethics.
Examples of the issues discussed, including questions raised by the audience, include:
- The most common sources of pressure to act unethically for professional accountants;
- The impact of such pressures on professional and personal life;
- The most common unethical behaviours experienced by professional accountants;
- The role of regulation and personal responsibilities in driving ethical behaviours;
- Advice on addressing common issues such as toxic leaders, sharp practices or managing ethical conflicts;
- Making ethical decisions and promoting an ethical culture;
- The ethical challenges posed by technology, including artificial intelligence, and the ethics of sustainability.
Watch a recording of the webinar and access other resources on the CCAB Website
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