Corporate ethics

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants decided to move ahead on a project to update its International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants.

Accountants don't have to wait for a major catastrophe to act on governance and oversight of AI as the systems become more enmeshed in workflows and decisions.

AI governance is awaiting its Ferdinand Pecora, counsel to the Senate Banking Committee in the 1930s, who built the evidentiary foundation for every protector system that followed.

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants outlined its views of eight fundamental elements of an ethical culture and governance framework.

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants posted two new publications from its staff on two of its recent standards.

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants weighed in on private equity investment in accounting firms and ethical and independence concerns.

The first global Ethics Standards on Tax Planning are effective.

Regardless of how a firm ultimately implements artificial intelligence, Kim Petro, a practice advancement coach from Woodard, stressed the importance of doing so ethically.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board is proposing to tailor its standards to align with recent additions to the IESBA's Ethics Code.

The rise of generative AI has led to AI-guided cheating, and accounting educators are seeing it in their own classrooms.

Gabriela Figueiredo Dias has been reappointed for a second term through 2026, at the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants.

Ethical standards in accounting encompass the moral principles and rules that accountants are required to adhere to during their professional work.

The report highlights the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants' yearly accomplishments and outlines future plans, like focusing on sustainability.

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants has unveiled a set of ethical standards for business tax planning in response to complaints over tax avoidance by multinational companies.

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants has proposed new rules to help auditors steer companies away from greenwashing.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board is planning to make some minor adjustments in its quality management and global audit standards to align them more closely with international ethics rules for accountants.

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants approved an exposure draft on ethics and independence standards for sustainability reporting and assurance and a final ethics standard for tax planning and related services.

And compliance is going to get stricter, according to a recent study conducted for the AICPA & CIMA.

Accountants must strategize to address not only the opportunities presented by AI but also the risks.

A study found that when a company has bad news, it issues unrelated press releases on the same day it files with the SEC.