Are Ethics an Effective Key Internal Control?

Employees that are feeling pressured to compromise personal or moral standards happen to be a leading indicator of the presence of actual wrongdoing. What nearly everyone fails to understand is that the criminal prosecution of unethical offenses is insufficient to lead to the condemnation of white-collar criminals. Society should also have to view corporate and executive offenses as morally reprehensible. Being an ethical leader should de-motivate wrongdoing and manipulation while also creating a culture of honesty, honor, and pride throughout your team.

Key Takeaways:

• Learn the value of ethics to reduce the risk of fraud and unethical behavior.
• Identify the importance of ethics for internal auditors, investigators, and financial managers.
• Explore how to implement ethics as an effective internal control that can deter and prevent fraud, as well as unethical conduct.

Cost: $15 per attendee

When: December 7, 2023, 9:30 am to 11:30 am

Where: 21 N. Park Street Madison, WI 53715, Rooms 1106/1108

Parking

Attendees are responsible for parking (not included in the cost of the event). There are many places to park near the event building. The parking structure at 21 N Park Street is Lot 029 on the map (in the link below).

Visitor Parking – Transportation Services – UW–Madison (wisc.edu)

Speaker Bio

Imad is the Director of Financial Internal Control Advisory Services at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In his current position, Imad evaluates the effectiveness of Internal Controls over the University financial and operational processes, develop and implements fraud prevention programs, conduct fraud investigations, and provides consulting services to help the University Divisions implement effective controls and technological solutions to mitigate a wide variety of risks.

Imad worked as a Senior Auditor with the largest local CPA firm in Lebanon, and then transitioned to the Administrative and Financial Manager for a freight forwarding company in Charlotte, NC. Imad also served as the Director of Internal Audit at Austin Community College District, Tarrant County, and Madison Area Technical College. He graduated from Saint Joseph University Lebanon with a master’s degree in Business Administration and is a Certified Fraud Examiner.