Your Benefits
Thank you for your Membership to The Center for Ethics in Financial Services. Below you will find a list of your benefits, and if you have any questions feel free to contact us at Ethics@TheAmericanCollege.edu.
Annual Retreat
As a Corporate Member of The Center for Ethics you may send representatives to an exclusive annual retreat presenting cutting edge topics. These retreats are facilitated by trained Ethics staff, and involve candid and confidential exchanges with industry peers on current ethical issues. The Retreat provides not only an important opportunity for reflection and dialogue, but the final take-aways are concrete ideas for improving ethical performance within your corporation.
Half Price Continuing Education
The Center offers Continuing Education* on a wide variety of relevant ethical topics through various modes of delivery. These are not your traditional Continuing Education classes, but are designed to stimulate ethical reflection and decision making at every level of your organization. The Center for Ethics offers Continuing Education classes for CFP Ethics credit, State Insurance credit, and PACE credits. Membership enables you and your organization to fill CE requirements at half-price while receiving what we believe is the best in continuing education. Click to earn more about our CE offerings.
* The Center is currently working to bring you and your company more CE opportunities in 2011
Exclusive Content
The Center for Ethics in Financial Services aims to bring the best of academic research to our members. Beyond condensing research from other academic institutions, the Center for Ethics produces its own report on the most important ethical questions. These include the implications of the widespread adoption of a fiduciary standard, the Optional Federal Charter, the sale and marketing of Equity-indexed annuities, and stranger-owned life insurance. You will have access to this important information before it is available to the general public through a specialized portal on our website.
Workshops
Your employees may receive a specialized presentation designed to be responsive to their concerns and aligned with your business culture. Many of these programs are eligible for Continuing Education credit, and all are available at reduced rates.
Webinars and Webcasts
These interactive sessions will give you and your organization practical tools that can be used daily in order to build increased trust with clients. This is an excellent opportunity to reinforce your commitment to doing business in accordance with ethical principles.
Ethics Newsletter
The Center provides an Ethics newsletter written by Center staff and distributed quarterly to its members. The Newsletter includes interviews, Case Studies, and Columns regarding hot ethical topics in the industry. This newsletter is a helpful way to stay up to date on Ethical Issues.
Recognition
Your organization will be recognized as a member in the Center for Ethics’ recognition programs including our annual Ethics Awareness Month. This is an excellent way to position your firm as a supporter of the mission of the Center for Ethics in Financial Services.
