In Rebecca’s recent blog she highlighted how some candidates seem ethically challenged.

CIMA invites members and students to comment on IESBA’s proposed changes to the code of ethics for professional accountants to address conflicts of interest.

Countdown has begun to the end of 2011 and it is not a cheery time. Although with developments in Europe the markets are steadying, Christine Lagarde’s dire warning of a lost decade looms large.

It is a big help if we have a choice of school, distance and home studying. Being able to attend to classes might be very beneficial for many of us. I have experience in both home and school studying and I would say that both are valuable.

By putting myself in different situations I learnt not only from my books but also about myself. I am able to identify my strengths and weaknesses and work with them. But what should I do when, after careful selection of school and considerable amount of private funds spent, I meet my disappointment in the figure of the teacher?

Johannesburg is hosting the 4^th SA Innovation Summit at the end of this month and it’s raising the question, will innovation creep, crawl or leap out of the cradle of mankind?

The combination of a bachelor’s or master’s degree and the professional CIMA qualification can give a powerful boost to your career. For this reason, we've been negotiating with a number of institutions to support and accredit the CIMA curriculum as part of a flexible and fit-for-purpose range of tailored degrees. I'm excited to be able to tell you that a number of new partnerships have now been confirmed.

As a software start-up building on the Azure cloud, we’re part of the Microsoft BizSpark community. At their last event, there was live video streaming and Twitter interaction throughout. You didn’t need to be in the room to be part of the event and its conversations.

Lagos, Nigeria, July 11, 2011. After circling the capital city for an hour waiting for the down to pour its last drop I finally arrived on Nigerian Soil. Fresh from my MBA class on Operations Management I now viewed the world in terms of process flows, bottle necks and cycle times, so you can imagine my glee at the opportunity to informally audit a process flow from hell, enter Lagos Terminal 1.

Those that know me know that I like to tread the boards with a local amateur dramatic society.  Nothing too serious - pantomimes, murder mysteries and farces are the order of the day - a far cry from the more serious stuff you see on some of the West End stages in London.  Nevertheless, we have quite a strong following and everyone seems to have a great time.  I have been persuaded to provide a link to Purley Players (check out my Lion in The Wizard of Oz) although I'm not expecting any phone calls!

The golf fanatics amongst you will know that Celtic Manor in Wales, UK was the venue for the Ryder Cup in 2010.  Well, on 5-6 July, it will play host to another golf competition - although I suspect that the standard might not be quite so high.

But before we are allowed on to the golf course, over 150 CFOs and FDs from across Europe will be getting together to network and discuss current challenges facing finance leaders at the CFO Event.

This week saw the issues and opportunities raised by Enterprise 2.0 land squarely in the field of vision of management accountants as CIMA's Enterprise Web 2.0 event took place at the Microsoft London offices. Leading experts and practitioners in the enterprise 2.0 and cloud accounting space shared insights, and new research into the topic was unveiled.

Whichever team carries off the Jules Rimet trophy in Qatar 2022, the tournament will certainly be an unrivalled global opportunity for the Islamic world to showcase the blossoming of Islamic finance and Shari'ah compliant commerce.

Underpinned by a multi-disciplinary infrastructure of Islamic products and professionals, ranging from Islamic scholars, through catering to the media, the event is set to provide the most high profile focus yet on Islamic business achievement.

Touchdown, 08:38 Indira Ghandi International Airport, Delhi, India. 

Taking advice from my travel packet I drew some Rupee’s at an ATM and ordered a pre-paid taxi to my hotel in the Janpath district, exiting the airport I cast my gaze on dozens of post-paid taxi’s (yes,They actually call them that!).

MBA in a can is a tongue in cheek Martian’s view of MBA candidates and the broad syllabi which they enjoy, endure, explore and store inside the tool belts with which they graduate.

Nowadays there are many goodies that you can “get in a can”, and this illustrated guide through my own MBA journey aims to give you a taste of the global immersion which is a part of a unique MBA which is offered by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Management.

"Global attention on fighting corruption is intensifying" was one of the conclusions at a CIMA seminar at St Paul's cathedral held earlier in April.  The introduction of the UK Bribery Act is part of this "crest of a wave" and the growth of anti-corruption initiatives and focus on ethical business are evident everywhere.  "Call to end corporate corruption" read the headlines in the Malaysian press the day I was presenting

Some people believe the adoption of Enterprise 2.0 can go a long way towards not only solving problems but delivering value. First coined as an expression by Andrew McAfee, Enterprise 2.0 has been defined as: