Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Ethics and The Accountancy Profession: The Duties of Man To Society
Ethics and The Accountancy Profession: The Duties of Man To Society
Fundamental Principles/Broad
principles
Professional Appointment
Conflicts of Interest
Second Opinions
Fees and Other Types of Remuneration
Marketing Professional Services
Gifts and Hospitality
Custody of Clients Assets
Independence–Assurance Engagements
Code of Professional Ethics
PART C: PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS IN
BUSINESS
Potential Conflicts
Preparation and Reporting of Information
Acting with Sufficient Expertise
Financial Interests
Inducements
Code of Ethics for
Professional Accountants
ICPAK
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
Duty of Integrity
Duty of Professional Competence
Duty of Courtesy and Respect
Duty to uphold the dignity of the profession
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
Duty of Integrity:
International Federation of
Accountants (IFAC)
Code of Professional Ethics IFAC
Mission of the International Federation of Accountants
(a) Integrity
(b) Objectivity
(d) Confidentiality
(d) Confidentiality
BROAD PRINCIPLES
If the trust owns 10% or less of the issued share capital, the
partner who is a trustee or is a spouse of the trustee should
not take part personally in the audit; and the shareholding
should be disclosed in the accounts or in the directors’
report. In the case of a private company, the shareholding
should be disclosed. This rule does not apply when the
partner is a trustee of an approved charity.
Code of Professional Ethics ICPAK
A practice, a partner, the spouse or child of the
partner should not make a loan to a client, nor
guarantee a client’s borrowings, nor accept a loan
from a client or have borrowings guaranteed by a
client; this does not apply to a practice having a
current or deposit account with a client commercial
bank or similar financial institutions.
Professional Appointment
Fees and Other Types of Remuneration
Marketing Professional Services
Gifts and Hospitality
Custody of Clients Assets
Code of Professional Ethics ICPAK
Advertising and publicity
Fees
Clients’ monies