This course defines ethics and provides you with reasons to continue striving to achieve the highest standards of ethical conduct as a CPA. The course discusses ethical reasoning and its application to common dilemmas that you may experience.  Next, the core values of the CPA profession (integrity, objectivity and independence) are reviewed, providing a fundamental basis for the ethical conduct. The final chapter of this course discusses the Texas Board's Rules of Professional Conduct. Throughout this course, case studies demonstrate the application of ethical principles, values, ethical reasoning, and the Rules of Professional Conduct.