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Ethics 2025: Principles and Threats

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by John Taylor

Part of a series on 2025-26 ethical updates. This update reviews the core ethical principles for professional accountants and looks at how recent developments may cause ethical dilemmas and threats to arise in the real world.

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1 CPD hours
120 days' access

This course will enable you to

  • Review the five ethical principles as defined in the IESBA Code of Ethics
  • Consider how these principles govern your professional behaviour
  • Explore ethical threats and dilemmas that challenge those principles
  • About the course

      The IESBA Code of Ethics defines the standard of behaviour expected of a professional accountant. While these principles rarely change, the world around you does, making ethics an evolving landscape.

      This update reviews the core ethical principles, how we apply them in our professional lives, and highlights recent developments that may pose ethical dilemmas and threats to your work in the real world.

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    John Taylor

    John is a Chartered Accountant who has spent many years advising small and medium-sized businesses across the North of England. John is the author of two industry standard textbooks: Millichamp - Auditing and Forensic Accounting. He has also written several auditing textbooks for AAT courses.

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    19 Nov 2025
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