Charge:

Foster ethical conduct among members and ethics education and scholarship in the accounting profession. Specifically:

1. Explore avenues for fostering ethics education and scholarship over time and, where appropriate, make recommendations to the Executive Committee.
2. Propose and, if approved, organize and conduct CPE and concurrent sessions at the regional and national meetings, as warranted.
3. Act as a resource on ethics in the accounting profession to the Executive Committee, regions, sections, other committees and other groups.
4. Work with the Webmasters committee to include teaching materials (cases, teaching notes, syllabi, etc.) related to ethics on the Internet.
5. Evaluate the current charge of this committee. If appropriate, recommend changes to the Executive Committee.
6. Provide a progress report to the Executive Committee liaison in time to be included in the agenda book for each Executive Committee meeting.

Chair:

Professor Timothy J. Louwers
Department of Accounting
E.J. Ourso College of Business Adm.
3101 CEBA Building
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-6304
Phone number: (225) 388-6233
Fax number: (225) 388-6201
E-mail address: louwers@lsu.edu

Members:

Larry R. Davis, Michigan Technological University
Mary S. Doucet, California State University-Bakersfield
Carl J. Pacini, Florida Gulf Coast University
Marshall K. Pitman, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Pamela B. Roush, University of Central Florida
Linda Thorne, York University
John M. Thornton, U.S. Air Force Academy
Pierre L. Titard, Southeastern Louisiana University
Lori Zulauf, Slippery Rock University

Executive Committee Liaison:

Larry E. Rittenberg
AAA Vice-President - Finance
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Professionalism and Ethics Committee Announces the Availability of Accounting Ethics Material Produced for Classroom use by the University of Waterloo

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