In the past decade, the world has changed. The moral fabric of society has rapidly swung from cancel culture to a general degradation of social civility. These shifts in values and behaviors surrounds us in everyday events. Navigating safe passage through daily personal and professional life relies heavily on your ethical judgement. In an age of social media and a discerning general public, everyone now has a say in judging your actions, behaviors, and decisions.
In this course, we are going to tackle the challenge of elevating our ethical intelligence. Ethical intelligence is a principled approach to living our personal and professional lives to ensure we minimize personal risk and positively interact with the world around us. In this updated version of the course, you will see how small indiscretions get magnified and can derail otherwise good people with no ill intentions and jeopardize their careers and personal lives.
Publication Date: February 2026
Topics Covered
- State of Ethics in Today’s World
- Are We Born Ethical or Do We Acquire Our Ethics
- Applying Ethical Intelligence
- Organizational Culture and its Impact on Our Ethical Intelligence
Learning Objectives
- Describe the state of ethics in the world today
- Compare perspectives on the origin of our ethics and how ethical decisions are made
- Analyze everyday living using the five principles of ethical intelligence
- Identify common scenarios that give rise to ethical decay and elevate the risk of doing something inappropriate
- Explore the impact of organizational culture on ethics
- Design organizational culture to cultivate stronger ethics in employees
Level
Basic
Instructional Method
Self-Study
NASBA Field of Study
Behavioral Ethics (5 hours)
Program Prerequisites
None
Advance Preparation
None
Instructor
Blair Cook
Blair Cook CPA, CA CPA (Ill) MBA, is a many time and active financial executive, corporate director, author, speaker, and thought leader. His educational videos of accounting and finance have million of views on YouTube. He has keynoted and spoken at national conferences from New York to Toronto. He also co-hosts CPA Canada’s podcast series “CPA Success Podcast.” He works with real businesses experimenting with theories and best practices to share his experiences and stories with others of what works, what doesn’t, and what was learned. He is the author of The Illiterate Executive: An Executive’s Handbook for Mastering Financial Acumen.