Hospitality Paradigm recently delivered a talk to Chartered Accountants on what I call the 4th concept of Accountancy – “The Code of Ethics” for the 106th Batch of General Management and Communication Skills on 01^st September 2012 at Bangalore Branch, ICAI.

Accountancy outlines the three concepts of accounting, “Money Measurement Concept”, “Separate Entity Concept” and “Dual Entity Concept”, but what puts this together to make a trustworthy and reliable Finance Manager is eventually his or her code of ethics. Having superior accounting skills without honesty is akin to a rotten fruit in a beautiful skin!

What was also nice to see is that all Chartered Accountants since the past few years, in order to achieve certification must compulsorily attend the 15 day in-house program which hones their behavioural skills in terms of public speaking, presentation, neuro linguistic skills, time management, goal setting, team building & interpersonal skills – thereby improving their personality before they set out into their first job.