Lesson 4 of 23
Auditing Ethics and Rules of Professional Conduct
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This lecture discusses auditing ethics and some of the common rules of professional conduct for public accountants. Understanding that ethics is a set of moral principles or values is not very complex. What is complex is to understand why people behave differently in similar situations.
Public accounting is a profession. This means that the public accountant has the responsibility to act in the public interest, which may in some instances be contrary to their own best interest.