Format
This event will be delivered via Zoom on 16 October 2024 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am. The Zoom link will be emailed to participants the day before the course is due to take place.
Who should attend
This event is relevant to all members of Chartered Accountants Ireland and all stakeholders of the Accounting Profession with an interest in the role of accountants in empowering ethical decisions.
Course overview
This event is designed to explore the many ways accountants can empower ethical decisions in business. Expert speakers and panellists will discuss how we can use ethics to guide personal decisions, mitigate harmful outcomes, create a more respectful structure for debate, develop helpful public policy, build and deploy technologies responsibly, and address some of the world's most pressing challenges.
There will be a focus on key areas such as:
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Ethical implications of Artificial intelligence
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Professional Ethics and Sustainability Reporting and Assurance
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Ethics and taxation policy
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Building responsible business
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Increasing regulatory focus on business ethics
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Recent developments in the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants
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Understanding the role of ethics in the profession, its increasing relevance for earning trust and ensuring accountants act in the public interest.
#EthicsEmpowered #GlobalEthicsDay
Key Learning outcomes
by the end of this course, participants will be able to:
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Question how accountants empower ethical decisions and help build a better future.
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Describe examples of ethical behaviours that improve trust and prevent reputational damage.
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Reflect on measures that promote ethical behaviours and identify tools and techniques that assist in resolving ethical dilemmas.
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Explain some of the current challenges facing professional accountants and how ethics awareness can help address these.
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Describe how accountants empower ethical decisions, and the expectations of business decision-makers from the accounting profession on responding to emerging risks and opportunities.
Speaker Bio's
Fiona Hannon, Head of Group Ethics at SSE plc
Fiona is currently the Head of Group Compliance for SSE Plc where she manages a team to deliver a regulatory and legislative compliance audit programme and is responsible for maintaining the SSE Do the Right Thing Guide – its internal guide to ethics. In previous roles Fiona was Head of Regulation for SSE in Ireland and held a position as the Irish Energy Regulator (CRU) for 9 years focused on consumer affairs, protection and safety matters. She also previously worked in An Post the Irish postal service and has had experience in industrial relations, consumer protection, change management and policy development. Fiona has also served as a non-executive director on the board of an Irish Charity.
Dr Daniel Malan, Assistant Professor in business ethics and Director of the Corporate Governance Lab at Trinity Business School
Daniel Malan is the director of the Corporate Governance Lab at Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland and the founder of IntegrityIQ, an AI-driven integrity platform supported by Enterprise Ireland. He was the co-chair of the Business 20 (B20) Task Force on Integrity and Compliance (2022 and 2020), is a former member of the Global Future Council on Transparency and Anti-Corruption of the World Economic Forum (2019 – 2022) and is the regional partner for Africa and Ireland at the International Board Foundation in St Gallen, Switzerland. He is a former associate director of KPMG Forensic Accounting, where he was the regional service specialist for ethics and integrity services in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
Níall Fitzgerald, Head of Ethics and Governance at Chartered Accountants Ireland
Níall Fitzgerald is a Chartered Accountant (FCA) and is currently the Head of Ethics and Governance for Chartered Accountants Ireland. Níall is a member of several advisory committees for global accounting groups, including the Chartered Accountants Worldwide Trust Steering Group, Global Accounting Alliance Influence and Advocacy Committee, and Accountancy Europe Corporate Governance Policy Group. Níall is a non-executive director on the board of an Irish charity and an occupational pension scheme Trustee. He is co-founder of Chapter Zero Ireland, which is part of the World Economic Forums Climate Governance Initiative, a Judge in the Irish Good Governance Awards, and has authored several expert procedure manuals, guides and articles on business ethics, corporate governance, sustainability, audit, compliance and reporting.
Key Webinar Details:
Location: Zoom
Time: 10am - 11am
CPD Credit: 1 hour
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