4 Credit Package: The Ethics Package

The Standards of Professional Responsibility issued by the FP Canada Standards Council define the ethical and professional responsibilities of CFP and QAFP professionals. They include the Code of Ethics, Rules of Conduct, Fitness Standards and Practice Standards. From time-to-time, updates and changes are made to the Standards; it is wise for a professional to be aware of such revisions and how they will affect his practice.

• Get back to basics with essential learning about ethics and rules of conduct;
• Test yourself against six questions of ethics to examine whether your actions meet expectations;
• Read case studies to hone your critical ethical decision-making skills.

Learn about how fairness as a value is defined, and how it influences financial advice. Read the nine rules about how to be a fair person, and how to make fairness a practice. Lots of short case studies are included that reinforce fairness in action. Here’s a way to bring fairness to the table in your client dealings and relationships.

• Define how fairness influences your financial advice;
• Study the nine rules on how to be a fair person, and make fairness a practice for your business.