It sets ethical standards for the profession and
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Results of the research will be used
to develop future strategy and messages that support the CPA profession's
reputation and position as essential to business and a most trusted financial
guardian. Led by presentations from Integrity Interactive's Research
Group and Compliance Services Group, guests had an opportunity to discuss
best practices in a variety of ethics and compliance areas from delivery of
training, to reporting, and overall compliance program management."

The conference included sessions on the increased responsibility of boards
of directors in the oversight of corporate ethics and compliance programs,
and the development of new code of conduct training and certification
practices. The company provides
Web-based solutions to help corporations ensure their employees act
ethically and legally, and comply with company policy.com.

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CPA Profession Receives High Marks From Business Decision Makers Executives and Investors New Study Shows

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"Integrity Interactive's client community is made up of many of the world's
leading companies , and the ethics and compliance professionals who lead the
compliance initiatives at those companies have a wealth of valuable
knowledge," said Kirk Jordan, vice president of research for Integrity
Interactive.

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PRESS RELEASE Integrity Interactive Hosts Third Annual Corporate Ethics and Compliance Conference

"Bringing our clients together to share ideas and discuss
trends helps all involved to build and manage the best, most effective
ethics and compliance programs possible.

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The data show CPA attributes ratings in the areas of "committed to
the rules of the accounting profession," "reliable " and "consistently
demonstrates integrity and ethics" have moved higher. In
addition, all three groups see CPAs as part of the solution to fighting or
preventing fraud (86% for business decision makers, 75% of executives and 78%
of investors).
Integrity Interactive, a leading provider of
Web-based corporate ethics and compliance services, welcomed ethics and
compliance professionals from around the world to the third annual
Integrity Interactive Client Conference at the historic Omni Parker House
Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. Integrity
Interactive's programs are designed to meet the latest ethics and
compliance requirements as detailed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the U.

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WASHINGTON, New independent research shows the CPA
profession continues to garner high marks from business decision makers,
executives and investors, earning favorable ratings of 97%, 95% and 89%,
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On specific measures, CPA "heritage" attributes have improved from 2003
figures. Employees at hundreds of companies based in 40 different
countries have completed more than two million Integrity Interactive course
programs.

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with approximately 350,000 members, including CPAs in business and industry,
public practice, government, and education; student affiliates; and
international associates.

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In fact, business decision makers and executives ranked CPAs
higher than physicians by several percentage points. For more
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These heritage values
are the bedrock of the CPA reputation and are being reinforced through AICPA
communications and public service programs.

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More than
500 business decision makers and executives and 500 investors responded to
telephone interviews during March 2005.

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Integrity's 2005 Client Conference provided a venue for some of the world's
most well known companies to come together to discuss ethics and compliance
best practices.

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The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
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Integrity Interactive is a registered trademark of Integrity Interactive
Corporation.

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auditing standards for audits of private companies; federal, state and
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" While just 52% of
investors said "yes" to that question, 71% of investors responding to the
survey admitted they are not familiar with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. It also develops and grades
the Uniform CPA Examination.

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The research was conducted by Penn, Schoen + Berland Associates.

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CPAs also ranked higher
than other financial services-related professions, such as insurance agents,
bankers, chief management consultants and stock research analysts. Other panel discussions and breakout sessions covered topics
such as the globalization of ethics and compliance, and ways to effectively
benchmark your program both internally and against peers.

About Integrity Interactive Corporation

Integrity Interactive Corporation is a leading provider of corporate ethics
and compliance services to Global 2000 corporations.

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The two-day conference, which was held May
5-6, featured presentations and discussions regarding several pertinent
ethics and compliance topics such as board of director training, compliance
management systems, internal controls systems, and global ethics and
compliance programs.
Corporate Sentencing Guidelines, NYSE, NASDAQ, the OECD and the EU
Commission.

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When asked whether CPAs and the accounting profession have taken steps to
fix the problems that had led to past accounting scandals, fully 80% of
business decision-makers and 70% of executives said "yes. These programs are developed in collaboration with many of the
industry's best-known corporate ethics and compliance experts.