Focus on Ethics

Crawford & Associates is deeply focused and passionate about promoting professional and personal ethics. Firm Chairman Emeritus, Mike Crawford is actively involved in developing and presenting ethics related education through public speaking engagements and authorship of ethics articles and publications.

His entertaining and informative ethics presentation entitled Living a Life Worth Living is in continuous high demand. This two hour interactive ethics presentation addresses the following topics:

• What Are Ethics and Where Do They Come From?
• What's Happening in American Society Today?
• Identifying and Responding to Unethical Behavior
• What Are My Ethical Tendencies?
• How to Approach and Respond to Ethical Dilemmas
  
• Moral Guidelines - Living a Life Worth Living

Mike Crawford also co-authored the 2009 and 2010 editions of the CCH CPA's Guide to Independence and Ethics, a practical guide to following professional ethics standards and encouraging appropriate professional conduct for CPAs, including a number of real life case studies on ethical dilemmas. He has also developed a number of other ethics resources. Below are a series of ethics resources either developed by Mr. Crawford or obtained from other organizations that promote ethics awareness and education.

Guide to Ethical Government Spending: Living in a Glass House - guide developed by Mike Crawford Click here

Ethics Orientation Guide for Elected Officials - guide developed by Mike Crawford Click here

Example Government Code of Conduct - an example code of conduct developed by a local government Click here

Circle of Morality - ethics concept paper developed by Mike Crawford Click here

Right versus Wrong or Right versus Not-So-Right - CPA Focus Article written by Mike Crawford  Click here

A Formula for Success - CPA Focus Article written by Mike Crawford  Click here

Become the Altruistic Accountant - CPA Focus Article written by Mike Crawford Click here

Protecting the Public's Trust in Government - CPA Focus Article written by Mike Crawford (awarded the 2011 OSCPA Silver Pen Award) Click here

Government Accountant's Ethics Handbook - an AGA publication Click here

Managing the Business Risk of Fraud - an IIA, AICPA and ACFE Guide Click here

Critical Elements of an Organizational Ethical Culture - an Ethics Resource Center Research Report Click here