Ethics and

Professional
Skills Module
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 The Ethics and
Professional Skills
module

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 Understanding the
value

- Forward thinking
- Integrating real
world skills
- Global advantage

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Understanding the value
Ethics and Personal Innovation and Commercial
Professional Skills
Ethics and Professionalism Effectiveness Scepticism Awareness,
Analysis,
Evaluation and
Problem Solving
UNIT 1 UNIT 2 UNIT 3 UNIT 4

Leadership and Communication Final

Team Working Skills Assessment

UNIT 5
UNIT 6 UNIT 7

INTERACTIVE ASSESSED CERTIFICATE

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What’s in it
Ethics and Applying the broad ethical and professional Commercial
Professionalism Awareness,
values, moral compass which underpins all the Analysis,
other professional skills and behaviours explored
Evaluation and
in the module and expected of professional Problem Solving
accountants
UNIT 1 UNIT 4
Personal
Effectiveness Recognising own responsibility and maximising
the quality and quantity of work outputs and
communicate and interact with others, making
the most of the resources that are available.
UNIT 2

Ethics and Professional Skills

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 Commercial
Awareness,
Analysis,
Evaluation and
Problem Solving

UNIT 4

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 Commercial
Awareness,
Analysis,
Evaluation and
Problem Solving

UNIT 4

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What’s in it
Innovation and Encouraging open mindedness and Commercial
Scepticism innovative thinking to create or suggest Awareness,
solutions recognising limitations and Analysis,
Evaluation and
implementation issues that are respond to
Problem Solving
the problem, feasible and acceptable.
UNIT 3 UNIT 4
Commercial Making recommendations and inferences by
Awareness, viewing situations from different perspectives or
Analysis, sources; recognising the factors and
Evaluation and opportunities that influence business success
Problem Solving
and understanding business processes,
UNIT 4 relationships, risks and costs.

Ethics and Professional Skills

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What’s in it
Leadership and Recognising and applying the different types of Commercial
Team Working leadership and traits adopted at or adapted to Awareness,
every level of an organisation to inspire, Analysis,
Evaluation and
motivate, effectively and efficiently manage
Problem Solving
UNIT 5 others.
UNIT 4

Communication Communicating effectively in the business

Skills environment (clients, customers, colleagues
and external authorities), including recognising
appropriate channels, geographical and
cultural issues
UNIT 6

Ethics and Professional Skills

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What’s in it
Final Student is presented with a series of videoCommercial
clips about
Assessment a situation based on several or all of the 6 Awareness,
units in an
Analysis,
interactive exercised. Evaluation and
Problem Solving
Student is faced with problems or issues which they
UNIT 7 UNIT 4
have to identify, explore and respond to by coming up
with solutions and ways to effectively deliver these
solutions.

Ethics and Professional Skills

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The ‘Summative’ assessment
Commercial
Awareness,
Analysis,
Evaluation and
Problem Solving

UNIT 4

Ethics and Professional Skills

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Summary – 6 key things
• launches on 31 October 2017
• 7 units, including an assessment, to be completed online
• incorporates real business scenarios that a professional accountant is likely
to face
• one of the three components which make up the ACCA
• £60 to complete, but it doesn't significantly change the total price of the
ACCA Qualification.
• Microsite

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