CPA members have access to a FREE, TSBPA-approved ethics course as a benefit of membership

On Demand CPE Webcast | Updated Aug. 6, 2024

CPE Hours: 4  

Member Access to FREE to Ethics Webcast

• Sign in with your email address and password.
• Pull up your member profile.
• Click over CPE located on right side of the screen.
• Locate “products” box to find Member Ethics.
• Click on the highlighted word Access, and the TXCPA course will start.

Please Note: Once you finish the video, go to the upper right corner, click on the word Certificate and complete the information and the evaluation to receive an option to print your certificate of completion.

The course is valid upon membership renewal (or join) date. Members who renew should receive an email containing a hyperlink to this course after payment is processed. The course is available for 2024-25 fiscal year members until May 31, 2025.

Course Information:

Course Title: Ethics for Texas CPAs 2024-2025 Members Only (and Ethics for Texas CPAs 2024-2025 Non-Members)

Course Description: This course is designed to educate you in the ethics of the CPA profession as mandated by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy (TSBPA). The course will convey the intent of the board’s Rules of Professional Conduct in a licensee’s performance of professional accounting services. The course will help you apply ethical judgment in interpreting the rules and provide for a clear understanding of the public interest. The course will emphasize the ethical standards of the profession.

Major Topics

• Introduction to Ethics
• Ethical Principles and Values
• Case Study Application
• Ethics Applicable to Texas CPAs
• Texas Rules of Professional Conduct
• Other Information from the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
• The Accountants Confidential Assistance Network
• CPA Pipeline

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Achieve and maintain the highest standards of ethical conduct through ethical reasoning and the core values of integrity, objectivity, and independence.
• Act in both the intent of the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy's Rules of Professional Conduct and not mere technical compliance.

Instructor: Kathy Kapka CPA, CGMA, CIA

Kapka is experienced in the public accounting, industry, internal audit, and higher education fields. Additionally, she has been an instructor in financial accounting, managerial accounting, ethics, and forensic auditing. Some recent highlights from her career include being the 2016-2017 chairman of the Texas Society of CPAs, former chair of TSCPA Professional Standards Committee, currently a member of the Technical Support for Professional Standards Committee, and TXCPA Ethics Committee.