About: Dina Barabash

Ethics Matters January/February 2015 Two words come to mind for this time of year: reflection and resolutions. The holidays let us look back and be reminded of our true values. The New Year brings an opportunity to make commitments to invest in them. Reflecting on 2014, our values at the NASBA Center for the Public…

Author: Alfonzo Alexander, CPT President

Ethics Matters January/February 2015 It was sometime in the fall of 2003 on my 45-minute drive to the NASBA office that I heard the Anne Murray classic, “A Little Good News.” Describing the anemic economy, society’s ills and the current sad state of world affairs, Murray’s lyrics penetrated my thinking: “Just once, how I’d like…

Ethics Matters January/February 2015 Sir David Tweedie, former chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board, was the keynote speaker at the 9th Annual Auditing Conference presented by Baruch College and the NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT) on December 4, 2014. While a panel of lawyers at the conference observed that the private litigation…

Ethics Matters January/February 2015 The year 2015 is significant to the NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT) for several reasons. First, 2015 marks the 10th anniversary of the CPT. This year also promises great opportunities for the CPT as the organization will continue its growth in existing programs, while branching out into a few…