Corporate Finance Forum - VIRTUAL

Karl Ahlrichs, AICPA

Jeffrey Kirk,

Jeff will share his insights as an attorney representing privately held companies and answer the questions he gets from the financial executives and employees of those companies.  Jeff will give you insights into the documents you are likely to see across your desk frequently - vendor contracts, non-disclosure agreements, employee contracts, etc. Learn what to look for, what to insist on, and what to refuse.

Bruce Klineman,

Kevin Brinegar,

Where are we headed and how will it impact your clients, their operations, their decisions, and what advice you give them?

Leah Sylvester,

As retirement plans continue to evolve, so does the responsibility of those who manage them. This session will explore the distinctions between fiduciary and non-fiduciary roles within 401(k) plans and the personal liability that can come with each. Attendees will gain insights into how to effectively manage these responsibilities and reduce risk. We'll also unpack the key attributes of a well-run 401(k) plan—what defines success from both the employer and employee perspectives—and how finance professionals can assess and improve their plan's performance.

Toby Groves, Toby Groves

To improve ethical behavior, we build ethics codes, conduct ethics training, and emphasize an ethical "tone at the top."  Research shows, though, that these traditional initiatives too often harm ethical reasoning more than they help. We inaccurately predict how people will respond to behavioral initiatives and teach ethics using ineffective approaches. This class explains what actually works in the real world and what doesn't. We will answer questions such as why we make choices that contradict our own ethical beliefs and why we falsely recollect our decisions as being ethical when they were not. We'll apply what we learn to be able to improve our future ethical behavior at the individual and organizational levels.