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Category Archives: CPTNews
Student News: Get Involved with This Year’s Video Competition (Mar/Apr 2015)
Ethics Matters March/April 2015 The Ethics in Action Viral Video Competition is officially underway, and students are using their creativity to produce videos that showcase the importance of ethics in business. However, students aren’t the only ones who can participate. After all student entries are received, four winners will be selected by a panel of…
Leadership Column: Leaders Dream! (Mar/Apr 2015)
Author: David A. Costello, CPA, CPT Board Chairman
Good News: How One Man’s Work Ethic Inspires a Nation (Mar/Apr 2015)
Ethics Matters March/April 2015 Since his 1988 Honda Accord broke 10 years ago, James Robertson has walked 21 miles each day to get to and from his job at Schain Mold and Engineering in Detroit. Averaging just two hours of sleep on Mondays through Fridays, he would leave home at 8 a.m. for his 2-10…
Two Paths Destined to Intersect (Mar/Apr 2015)
Ethics Matters March/April 2015 For the last three years, the NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT) has worked with an outstanding Denver-based, private foundation, the Daniels Fund (DF). The DF was founded by Bill Daniels, known to many as the founder of cable television. However, he wasn’t just a visionary entrepreneur. Daniels had a…
NASBA CPT Expands Student Video Competition
Over $4,000 in Cash Prizes Will be Awarded to This Year’s Winning Teams NASHVILLE, TENN., (FEBRUARY 25, 2015) − The NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT) announces the launch and expansion of its Sixth Annual Ethics in Action Viral Video Competition, sponsored by the Lipscomb University Dean Institute for Corporate Governance and Integrity. Since…
Student News: Students Eager to Participate in Video Competition (Jan/Feb 2015)
Ethics Matters January/February 2015 While submissions for the 2015 Ethics in Action Viral Video Competition won’t be accepted for another month, three teams have informed the NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT) that they have already completed their entries. Witnessing the excitement of these students is exactly what the CPT envisioned when it developed…
A Resolution with Results (Jan/Feb 2015)
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…
Leadership Column: Personal Reflections on the First Ten (Jan/Feb 2015)
Author: Alfonzo Alexander, CPT President
We Sure Could Use a Little Good News Today (Jan/Feb 2015)
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…
CPT Co-Hosts 9th Annual Ensuring Integrity Audit Conference (Jan/Feb 2015)
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…