Resources and support

  1. Video: Ethics - the heart of your business

    Hear experienced business leader discuss the importance of ethics for any business.

  2. Non-compliance with laws and regulations

    James Barbour summarises the key points in ICAS' response to the IESBA Exposure Draft

  3. Speak-up safely

    "Professional accountants might well encounter inappropriate or unethical behaviour at some stage of their careers. It is a hallmark of professional accountants that they need to have regard not only to their own interests, or those of their clients or employers, but also to the public interest."

  4. ICAS publishes new ethics guidance

    "As part of ICAS’ ‘The Power of One’ business ethics initiative, the ICAS Ethics Board has published the guidance paper, “The Ethical Journey – The Right, the Good and the Virtuous”, to help ICAS members make the ‘journey’ from identifying an ethical dilemma to its resolution."

  5. The Ethical Journey

    CAs have an important role to play in embedding a culture of ethics within their organisations.

  6. The CA and the organisation

    CAs have an important role to play in embedding a culture of ethics within their organisations.

  7. Organisational culture and values

    "Successful organisational values are those that are “properly set, clearly stated and always lived."

  8. ICAS Ethics Board

    "The Ethics Board’s mission is to provide knowledge, guidance and assistance to ICAS members in order that they may meet the ethical responsibilities of their profession; and to support, guide, and challenge the ICAS leadership with its strategic goal"

  9. Power of One - Personal Reputation

    Reputation is everything. It takes a lifetime to build a reputation but only one moment to lose it.

  10. Shades of Grey: Directors' Dilemmas

    "This report builds on the work of the ICAS’s Ethics Committee in Shades of Grey: Ethical Dilemmas,"

  11. Moral Courage

    "It is not always easy to do ""the right thing"" - ethical leadership requires moral courage."

  12. Responsibility and ethical leadership

    CAs can be found in all walks of life and need to take personal responsibility for the important role they have to play.

  13. Ethics and The Power of One

    ICAS calls on every CA to place ethical leadership at the heart of their professional responsibilities

  14. Discussion paper Ethics Principles

    ICAS' proposed amendments to the principles within the ICAS Code of Ethics

  15. Ethical standards for auditors

    James Barbour highlights the FRC's key proposed changes to its ethical standard for auditors.

  16. Ethics: Shades of grey

    This report includes a number of topical case studies designed to raise discussions on ethical values

  17. Ethical issues encountered by CAs

    This report records a series of 28 experiences of ethical challenge that have been faced by Chartered Accountants.

  18. Ethical dilemma 17: True but fair

    Topical case study designed to help embed ethical values and thinking into the day to day work of Chartered Accountants

  19. Ethical dilemma 16: Judge and jury

    Topical case study designed to help embed ethical values and thinking into the day to day work of Chartered Accountants

  20. Dilemma 15: Silence is Golden

    Topical case study designed to help embed ethical values and thinking into the day to day work of Chartered Accountants