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.

Delivery Method: Group internet-based
CPE Credit: Regulatory ethics
Program Level: Basic

Virginia Society of CPAs is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State Boards of Accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual course for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.

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

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