Aicpa Code of Ethics

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AICPA Code of Professional Conduct Michelle Boucher ETH/376 May 13, 2013 Juanita Davis AICPA Code of Professional Conduct The AICPA is the foundation of ethical reasoning in accounting with its values and standards of behavior, a voluntary association of CPAs, with memberships totaling more than 350,000 professionals throughout the world and with the majority of CPAs belonging to it; they discuss the ethical obligations of CPAs. The purpose of the Principles is to guide members in performance of their professional responsibilities and commitment to honor public trust, and even sacrifice any personal benefits. Even though CPAs cannot be held legally to the Principles, they represent the expectations on the part of public performance of professional services. The Principles are values based on the profession and character traits that enable CPAs meet their obligations to the public and the Principles include responsibilities, public interests, integrity, but also to include objectivity and independence, due care, along with the scope and nature of services. (Steven M. Mintz DBA, 2011) All of the Principles of the AICPA Code are important to me, but choosing three that I think are important to me are responsibilities, the public interests, and integrity. I have always been a very responsible person able to accomplish tasks assigned and finish on time. As a Teller Supervisor I had responsibilities daily, weekly, and monthly to perform at the bank, making good moral judgment to accomplish the various takes needed to complete. The reason why public interest is important to me is because the public has the right to know accurate financial information about a company and its financial health before investing money into them including clients, creditors, governments, employers and investors, along with business and financial community and to be a CPA or auditor

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