AI Ethics 2025 (VBOA-Approved)

Overview

The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping industries, including accounting, with profound implications for professionals and firms. This Virginia Board of Accountancy-approved ethics course on responsible AI for the accounting profession explores the integration of AI in accounting, emphasizing ethical principles like transparency, accountability, privacy and fairness. The course offers a comprehensive overview of AI technologies, their applications in streamlining processes and improving decision-making within the profession. It also addresses the challenges of regulatory compliance, data privacy and mitigating risks such as bias and security breaches. Through real-world case studies, you will gain insights into resolving ethical dilemmas, ensuring responsible AI usage, and fostering trust with clients and stakeholders.

By completing this course, you will develop strategies to navigate the complexities of AI governance and regulation, create robust frameworks for ethical decision-making, and adopt sustainable practices to balance innovation with responsibility. Designed for accounting professionals at all levels, this course equips learners with the tools to harness AI's potential while upholding the profession's ethical standards, ensuring compliance with legal obligations, and contributing to a more inclusive and accountable AI future.

• After registering, you will receive a separate email with instructions on how to access the course. 
• This course contains review questions and a final test to assess knowledge of course objectives. Successful completion of the final test is required to receive CPE credit. 
• This course has been approved by the Virginia Board of Accountancy (VBOA) to fulfill your 2025 ethics requirement.

Highlights

• Ethical principles of AI usage.
• Strategies for ethical decision making.
• Compliance and governance in AI adoption.
• Balance of innovation and responsibility.

Prerequisites

None

Designed For

CPAs and accounting professionals

Objectives

1. Understand and apply ethical principles in AI usage within CPA firms and the accounting profession at large.
2. Evaluate privacy, security and confidentiality concerns related to AI in accounting.
3. Enhance transparency and accountability when using AI for decision-making.
4. Assess real-world ethical challenges and case studies relevant to AI in accounting.

Preparation

None

System Requirements:
This course contains streaming video and audio. To ensure an optimal experience on your computer or mobile device, disable pop-up blockers in your internet browser. 

If you have any other questions, the VSCPA is happy to help! We're available Monday – Friday from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. ET. Please call (800) 733-8272 or email cpe@vscpa.com.   

On-Demand Refund Policy:
VSCPA will refund your course fee if you have registered for an on-demand course and found it unsatisfactory, provided that you have not taken the Final Test and your refund request is submitted, within 30 days of registering for the course, by email addressed to cpe@vscpa.com or by calling (800) 733-8272. It is assumed that after 30 days, you are satisfied with the materials and service. For more information regarding refund, complaint, program cancellation or other policies, visit vscpa.com/CPEPolicies.

Notice

Delivery Method: QAS Self-Study