December 2012 Meeting

Topic: Building a Culture of Ethics

Instructor:      Christopher Bauer, PhD, HSP, CSP, CFS

Christopher Bauer is a licensed psychologist with over twenty-five years of experience as a speaker, trainer, author, and consultant on professional ethics and values-driven business strategies. Between coaching, speaking and consulting, he has worked with front-line workers to senior executives and everyone in-between. Clients of Dr. Bauer have run the gamut from small and medium sized businesses and organizations to every level of staff and management at Fortune 500 corporations. He speaks frequently to IIA chapters as well as other auditing and accounting groups.

Although ethics and fun aren t words normally heard in the same sentence, for over twenty-five years, Christopher Bauer has been helping individuals and organizations build and maintain great professional ethics, all while having a great time.

Dr Bauer s articles on how to build and maintain great professional ethics have appeared in such journals as CEO Refresher, CFO Magazine, Financial Executive, Internal Auditor, and many others. The latest edition of his book, "Better Ethics NOW: How To Avoid The Ethics Disaster You Never Saw Coming has been a business ethics Top Seller on Amazon.com and he publishes a free Weekly Ethics Thought seen by thousands of readers worldwide.

Because of his unique contribution to the prevention of ethics problems, Dr. Bauer has been recognized with the prestigious Certified Fraud Specialist designation by the Association of Certified Fraud Specialists.

Additional information on Dr. Bauer s programs as well as free subscriptions to his Weekly Ethics Thought are available at his website (www.bauerethicsseminars.com).

Topic Description:     This won t be a review of the ethics code, case studies, or case law! Instead, it will be a unique program designed to help assure that you and your entire organization are able to more easily walk the talk of great ethics. This often-humorous and highly interactive program will show us ethics risks we never even knew we had and what can be done right now to make sure those risks don t turn into costly ethical and legal problems on the job. You will also only learn how even a slightly changed focus on ethics can significantly build your organization s bottom line as well as specific tools and techniques to drive home the ethics message in your organization.

It doesn't matter if you are working alone or in an organization of thousands, this program will give you tools and techniques you can put to use right away to reduce ethics risk.

Although ethics and fun aren t words you normally hear in the same sentence, Dr. Christopher Bauer has been making professional ethics both straightforward and fun for international audiences for more than 25 years. He will present ethics differently than you have probably ever experienced them before. The tone will be conversational and the ideas immediately applicable. You will leave with easy, practical ideas and tools to reduce your risk for ethics difficulties while simultaneously reducing the risk of your colleagues, coworkers and entire organizations.

Date and Time:           December 5, 2012 (Wednesday)

8:30 am Registration

9:00 am - Professional Development Program

12:00 pm Lunch

12:30 pm Professional Development Program

3:30 pm - Adjourn

Lunch: Buffet meal provided by the Decatur Club

Location:         Decatur Club

158 West Prairie Ave

Decatur, IL 62523

Cost:    $100 for Members; $105 for Non-Members

RSVP Deadline:         November 28, 2012 @ noon

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