The Accounting Podcast

Why ethics and culture matter 🎙 Live at Sage Intacct Advantage

Dec 6, 2019

30:33

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Show Notes

02:09 – Meet Kelly!
03:05 – Kelly talks true crime | WGN Radio
07:21 – It takes a balance - you need the 'yes' people and the naysayers to keep you from making crappy decisions
08:36 – The first step to changing your firm's culture - you've gotta know you have a problem!
10:21 – Speaking of problems, we talk about the melee surrounding audit watchdog, PCAOB, and KPMG | WSJ
10:52 – We humans tend to take a one-dimensional viewpoint when it comes to fraud
12:53 – You can't rely on people's personal perceptions. You have to show them concrete examples of ethical lapses to paint a really clear picture
13:51 – How do we remove the incentives for unethical behavior?
16:02 – Ethics training needs to focus on real-life, practical scenarios that actually relate to the people involved
18:27 – When you’re talking about a company with hundreds of thousands of employees, ethical issues are critical!
20:54 – Financial relationships, in any profession, can create a perverse incentive to ‘look the other way’
23:36 – What your expense reports really say about you | WSJ
23:59 – Kelly’s required ethics and fraud reading/listening list includes the docuseries, “Dirty Money”, a podcast called The Dropout, and John Carreyrou’s book, “Bad Blood”
25:56 – Kelly gives us a brief synopsis of her film, “All The Queen’s Horses” | YouTube
29:04 – While she uses film as a teaching platform, Kelly has no plans to make more films.

Connect with Kelly

Kelly Richmond Pope
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-richmond-pope-cpa-83689a5/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/kellyrpope
- Kelly's TEDx Talk https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_richmond_pope_how_whistle_blowers_shape_history/up-next%3E
- All the Queen's Horses - Website: https://www.allthequeenshorsesfilm.com/
- All the Queen's Horses - YouTube: https://youtu.be/dpr2A3S3CNk

Episode Art Photo Credit:

April Blankenship
- https://twitter.com/aprilblnknshp
- https://twitter.com/aprilblnknshp/status/1187023281687130112/photo/2

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