The 14th Annual Symposium on Ethics Research in Accounting

The 14th Annual Symposium on Ethics Research in Accounting, sponsored by the American Accounting Association’s Professionalism and Ethics Committee and the Public Interest Section, is the premier event for academics and professionals interested in accounting ethics research.  The AAA’s Professionalism and Ethics Committee is charged, in part, “to encourage and support accounting ethics education and scholarship in universities, and more broadly to set a tone for instilling a greater sense of professionalism and ethical conduct in the practice and teaching of accounting.”  There is an ethical component to all of today’s important accounting debates. 

Highlights of the 2009 Ethics Symposium
Shyam Sunder (Yale University) will deliver a key-note address on the social norms of “fair representation” as a moral compass for the accounting profession. 

An international panel, including Terry Iannaconi, KPMG’s Partner in Charge, SEC Advisory Compliance Group, leaders from KPMG’s Ethics and Compliance Group, Jan Munro, Senior Technical Manager of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA), and David A. Hick, Head of Audit & Operational Risk Assurance, Americas, Standard Chartered Bank, will give their views of the most pressing ethical issues facing the accounting profession today. The panel is hosted by Anne Davis, Ethics Manager, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and lead author of the ICAEW’s Reporting with Integrity, and Barbara Porco (Fordham University), faculty lead for KPMG’s Ethical Compass Toolkit.

Mary Beth Armstrong, Professor Emeritus, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, will provide the key note address at the Accounting Exemplar Luncheon.  The AAA Public Interest Section’s Accounting Exemplar Award is given to someone who has made notable contributions to professionalism and ethics in accounting education and/or practice.
Leading ethics scholars from more than 10 countries will present their research on current accounting ethics issues including earnings management, whistle-blowing, corporate social responsibility, ethics education, and representational faithfulness in International Financial Reporting Standards.

Registration Information
The Ethics Symposium is August 2nd, from 8:00am to 4:30pm (continental breakfast at 7:00am), immediately preceding the AAA Annual Meeting, and conveniently located at one of the convention hotels (Hilton New York or Sheraton New York). To register, go to http://aaahq.org/AM2009/CPE_description.cfm?submissionID=578.  All attendees will earn eight hours of ethics continuing professional education.

If you need further information regarding the Symposium, contact Program Chair John M. Thornton, Washington State University, at (509)372-7246 or by e-mail (jthornt@tricity.wsu.edu).

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