Ethic paper: Setting out your thoughts and views on what it means to be an ethical professional. You may consider any or all of the following points:
- Upon becoming a CPA, what obligations are you undertaking and to whom are they owed?
- What values underlie your approach to professionalism and how will they be manifested in the practice of your profession.
- Is there a mentor in your life that helped you to develop these values?
- Or is there someone that you identify with and admire that embodies your ethical standards?
- What are the most important characteristics of the professional and by what standards have you determined those?
- As a professional, you have either seen or dealt with some dilemmas. Write up one ethical dilemma from your experience.
- What do you see for yourself as a professional in the next five years? Ten? Twenty?