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The Civil Advantage: Ethics and Civility in Disquieting Times


Total Credits: 2 including 2 Behavioral Ethics - Non-technical

Average Rating:
   71
Categories:
ACPEN Industry Institute |  Ethics |  Industry
Faculty:
Diane D. White, MBA, CPA, CMA
Course Levels:
Intermediate
Duration:
2 Hours
License:
Product Setting: Expires 30 day(s) after program date.

Dates
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Description

Most people dislike capricious judgment, intolerance, crime, shaming, blaming, punishing, unequal treatment and predatory opportunism. Yet we witness, hear about or directly experience one or more of these uncivil behaviors daily. What’s going on?

It used to be that when incivility in our home, neighborhood, schools, or community spaces harmed us, we counted on shared ethical norms to guide and help. We confidently relied on societal guardrails like the law, regulations or corporate policies for fair remedy.

But can we still? These days it sometimes feels like up is down, down is up, right is wrong, wrong is right, the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. Even our ethical compass doesn’t seem as reliable as it used to.

We’re not crazy to feel unanchored or anxious. Americans live in a moment when our constitutional federal republic and Western ethics face enormous challenge from those who would prefer a different construct.

Desiring change is one thing, but abandoning civility in its pursuit results in ethical chaos, societal breakdown, and individual misery. This holds true for human groups small and large, from the family to the federal government. 

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Understand how ethics and civility entwine
  • Recognize civility’s basis and proven value
  • Put today’s civility problem in perspective
  • Reflect on factors fueling incivility
  • Review enduring universal rules for civility

Major Subjects
  • civility
  • ethics 

Course Materials

Faculty

Diane D. White, MBA, CPA, CMA Related Seminars and Products


Diane D. WhiteMBA, CPA, CMA, is a finance and accounting executive with 39 years of control and business leadership expertise in both large and small for-profit and non-profit corporations.  She served several Fortune 50 corporations as Division Controller for 25 years before becoming a CFO for nonprofits and small businesses.  Diane recently retired as CFO of Workforce Resource, a nationwide mortgage finance service provider.  She and her husband Jim reside in Beaufort, SC where she enjoys volunteer work, teaching, consulting, writing, and a wide array of Lowcountry outdoor pleasures.


Dates

Thu, Apr 11, 2024 - 11:00am to 12:40pm MST-Arizona
Sat, Apr 20, 2024 - 08:00am to 09:40am MST-Arizona
Mon, Apr 22, 2024 - 01:00pm to 02:40pm MST-Arizona
Wed, May 08, 2024 - 07:00am to 08:40am MST-Arizona
Fri, May 31, 2024 - 09:00am to 10:40am MST-Arizona
Wed, Jun 05, 2024 - 11:00am to 12:40pm MST-Arizona
Mon, Jun 10, 2024 - 01:00pm to 02:40pm MST-Arizona
Sat, Jun 15, 2024 - 08:00am to 09:40am MST-Arizona
Wed, Jun 19, 2024 - 07:00am to 08:40am MST-Arizona
Thu, Jun 27, 2024 - 04:00pm to 05:40pm MST-Arizona
Fri, Jul 12, 2024 - 09:00am to 10:40am MST-Arizona
Tue, Jul 30, 2024 - 11:00am to 12:40pm MST-Arizona
Thu, Aug 08, 2024 - 04:00pm to 05:40pm MST-Arizona
Sat, Aug 24, 2024 - 08:00am to 09:40am MST-Arizona
Thu, Aug 29, 2024 - 07:00am to 08:40am MST-Arizona
Fri, Sep 06, 2024 - 09:00am to 10:40am MST-Arizona
Mon, Sep 23, 2024 - 11:00am to 12:40pm MST-Arizona
Wed, Oct 02, 2024 - 01:00pm to 02:40pm MST-Arizona
Thu, Oct 17, 2024 - 04:00pm to 05:40pm MST-Arizona
Tue, Nov 12, 2024 - 05:00pm to 06:40pm MST-Arizona
Mon, Nov 25, 2024 - 12:00pm to 01:40pm MST-Arizona
Mon, Dec 09, 2024 - 02:00pm to 03:40pm MST-Arizona
Thu, Dec 12, 2024 - 05:00pm to 06:40pm MST-Arizona
Tue, Dec 17, 2024 - 08:00am to 09:40am MST-Arizona
Sat, Dec 28, 2024 - 09:00am to 10:40am MST-Arizona
Mon, Dec 30, 2024 - 10:00am to 11:40am MST-Arizona

Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Advanced Preparation None
Prerequisites None
Course Developer Executive Education, Inc.
Designed For Corporate financial professionals
Yellow Book No
Original Recording Date 10/2021
Date Added to Catalog 10/18/2021

Additional Information

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Overall:      4.5

Total Reviews: 71

Comments

Paul F

"A useful course for understanding the environment in which we live and work."

Kathryn P - Newaygo, Michigan

"Great topic!"

Todd R

"Well done! I recommend this webinar."

Debra P

"A lot of food for thought..."

Michael K - West Lafayette, Indiana

"I learned surprisingly a lot. Thank you very much!"

Belinda S

"I didn't think I would enjoy this course but have enjoyed it very much. This course is very timely."

Lee F - Ann Arbor, Michigan

"The best ethics course i have ever taken. It made you think about the theory of ethics which keeps you engaged."