We strive to achieve the mission of the Center for Accounting Ethics, Governance, and the Public Interest through activities in three major categories:
• Education
• Scholarship
• Interaction with the professional, business, and academic communities
Current, and future, activities of the Center include:
Education:
• Offer a separate ethics course for undergraduate accounting majors (ACCT 405 Accounting Ethics, Professionalism, and the Public Interest)
• Integrate ethics into the accounting and business curricula
• Present speakers and events
o Distinguished Speaker Series
o Other speakers and panels
o Workshops, seminars, conferences
o Movies and videos
• Provide grants for faculty innovation in ethics education
• Provide relevant information and links on the Center's website
Scholarship:
• Encourage and support faculty research on ethics topics
• Provide grants for faculty research on ethics topics
Interaction with Professional, Business, and Academic Communities:
• Invite members of the professional and business communities (especially alumni) to attend the
Distinguished Speaker Series and selected other events
• Partner with professional and business associations, firms, corporations, and academic institutions to
hold workshops, seminars, and conferences on ethics topics at LMU and other locations
• Partner with practicing professionals to write practitioner articles on ethics topics
• Participate in ethics workshops, seminars, and conferences held outside LMU