Ethics
Committee
Committee Structure & Function
Membership on this committee shall be in accordance with
provisions of the Bylaws. There shall be ten members serving
three year staggered terms and representing each chapter.
No member of this committee shall be a member of the State
Board of CPAs in Louisiana. The Society's Executive Director
will provide the committee with proper staff assistance and
coordination as it carries out its responsibilities.
The objectives of the Ethics Committee are:
Administrative - To express an opinion as to whether
or not a proposed action of a member would be in accordance
with the Code of Professional Ethics.
Investigative - To upon receipt of a complaint, to
conduct a thorough, discreet investigation to determine whether
there was a violation of the Code of Professional Ethics,
and report its findings to the appropriate body in accordance
with the Bylaws.
Advisory - To determine whether revisions to the
Code are needed and to recommend such revisions to the Bylaws
committee, and to make such other recommendations concerning
the Code and its implementation as the committee may consider
appropriate.
Educational - To review and update an ethics questionnaire
periodically for the Secretary to submit to applicants for
membership in the Society to encourage each chapter to devote
one meeting each year to a discussion of the Code.
2009-2010 Committee Officers & Members
Ms. Kimberly B. Gardner, CPA – Chairman
Arsement, Redd & Morella
Lafayette, LA
Mr. David M. Bassemier, CPA – Member
LeGlue & Company, CPAs
New Orleans, LA
Ms. Anne Collette, CPA, BS – Member
Anne Collette, CPA
Lake Charles, LA
Edward D. Conway, CPA – Member
Edward D. Conway, APAC
Mandeville, LA
Mr. Carl G. Cooley, CPA – Member
Northwestern State University
Slagle, LA
Mr. J. M. Inzina, CPA – Member
J. Michael Inzina, CPA, CGFM
Monroe, LA
Mr. Alfred D. Johnson Jr., CPA – Member
Heard, McElroy & Vestal, LLP
Shreveport, LA
Mr. Coan I. Knight Jr., CPA – Member
Knight-Masden
Alexandria, LA
Mrs. Tamela P. Shearer CPA – Member
Duval & Shearer, CPAs, LLC
Houma, LA
Ms. Dionne E. Viator, CPA – Member
General Health System
Baton Rouge, LA
Mr. Kenneth J. Abney CPA – Board Coordinator
Silva Gurtner & Abney
New Orleans, LA
Mr. Grady R. Hazel, CPA – Staff Liaison
Society of Louisiana CPAs
Kenner, LA
