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OK ETHICS Presents:

Ethics in Extraordinary Circumstances

Cynthia Cooper

WorldCom Whistleblower

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Cynthia Cooper is an internationally recognized ethics speaker, consultant, best-selling author of Extraordinary Circumstances. TIME Magazine named Cynthia one of its 2002 Persons of the Year for her role in unraveling the WorldCom fraud. At the time, the WorldCom fraud was the largest accounting fraud in corporate history, and the company later filed the largest bankruptcy case to that point. Cynthia continued to serve as Chief Audit Executive for over two years, helping the company move forward and successfully emerge from bankruptcy.

Cynthia co-authored the 2023 Organizational Culture and Ethics Report and a 2025 New York Times guest essay. A Certified Fraud Examiner, she formerly chaired the ACFE Board of Regents and served on the PCAOB Standing Advisory Group and NASBA Center for the Public Trust board. She was the first woman inducted into the AICPA Business and Industry Hall of Fame, an inaugural inductee into the IIA Hall of Distinguished Audit Practitioners, and the first woman to receive the American Accounting Association’s Accounting Exemplar Award. She also received the Maria and Sidney E. Rolfe Award for public education about economics, business, and finance.

In 2020, Time included Cynthia among its 100 Women of the Year, recognizing the most influential women in the past century. Working Mother named her one of its 25 Most Influential Working Mothers.

Cynthia donated all profits from Extraordinary Circumstances to support ethics education for high school and university students.

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Event Details:

Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2026

Location: Devon Energy Tower, 50th Floor

Parking: Free, see map below

Schedule:

- 10:45 am:  Networking begins adjacent to the Infinity Room

- 11:15 am:  Buffet opens

- 11:30 am:  Meeting commences

Registration:

- Premium Members:  Free (for the number of pre-paid registrants included in membership)

- Members:  $60

- Non-Members:  $70

CPE Credits:

- Instructional Method:  Group Live

- Prerequisites/Participation:  None

- Attendance Requirement:  50-minute presentation

- Category:  TBD

- Content Reviewer:  Executive Director & CPE Coordinator

- Policy:  Refunds are not available after the event

- Please email mary@okethics.com for complaint resolutions

Program Description

Cynthia Cooper will share her personal experiences at WorldCom and explore the common threads, root causes, and lessons learned from some of the most significant corporate failures of the 21st Century. Drawing on real-world examples, she will discuss:

• Common threads across 21st Century failures
• Ethical leadership and finding the moral courage to do what is right
• Who commits fraud and why
• Building and sustaining a high-performing ethical  culture
• Small changes that can have a significant impact in deterring fraud
• Ten steps to recognize ethical dilemmas and make the right choices

Key Takeaway's

• Recognize common organizational, cultural, and behavioral factors that can contribute to major corporate failures.
• Explain how pressure, fear, misplaced loyalty, incentives, and rationalization can influence ethical decision-making.
• Recognize the challenges whistleblowers may face before, during and after raising concerns.
• Identify practical actions leaders and employees can take to strengthen a speak-up culture and reduce the risk of fraud.
• Understand what individuals can do to strengthen moral courage and respond to ethical dilemmas.

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OK ETHICS Presents:

Ethics in Extraordinary Circumstances 

Presented by: Cynthia Cooper, WorldCom Whistleblower

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Cynthia Cooper is an internationally recognized ethics speaker, consultant, best-selling author of Extraordinary Circumstances. TIME Magazine named Cynthia one of its 2002 Persons of the Year for her role in unraveling the WorldCom fraud. At the time, the WorldCom fraud was the largest accounting fraud in corporate history, and the company later filed the largest bankruptcy case to that point. Cynthia continued to serve as Chief Audit Executive for over two years, helping the company move forward and successfully emerge from bankruptcy.

Cynthia co-authored the 2023 Organizational Culture and Ethics Report and a 2025 New York Times guest essay. A Certified Fraud Examiner, she formerly chaired the ACFE Board of Regents and served on the PCAOB Standing Advisory Group and NASBA Center for the Public Trust board. She was the first woman inducted into the AICPA Business and Industry Hall of Fame, an inaugural inductee into the IIA Hall of Distinguished Audit Practitioners, and the first woman to receive the American Accounting Association’s Accounting Exemplar Award. She also received the Maria and Sidney E. Rolfe Award for public education about economics, business, and finance.

In 2020, Time included Cynthia among its 100 Women of the Year, recognizing the most influential women in the past century. Working Mother named her one of its 25 Most Influential Working Mothers.

Cynthia donated all profits from Extraordinary Circumstances to support ethics education for high school and university students.

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Event Details: 

Date: Thursday, November 19, 2026

Location:  Downtown DoubleTree, 616 W 7th 

Parking: Free in the connected parking garage

Schedule:

- 10:45 am:  Networking begins in the foyer of the international Ballroom

- 11:15 am:  Lunch served

- 11:30 am:  Meeting commences

Registration

- Premium Members: Free (for the number of pre-paid registrants included in Membership)

- Members:  $60

- Nonmembers:  $70

CPE Credits:

- Instructional Method:  Group Live

- Prerequisites/Participation:  None

- Attendance Requirement:  50-minute presentation

- Category:  TBD

- Refund Policy:  Refunds are not available after the event

- Content Reviewer:  Executive Director & CPE Coordinator

- Please email mary@okethics.com for complaint resolutions

Program Description

Cynthia Cooper will share her personal experiences at WorldCom and explore the common threads, root causes, and lessons learned from some of the most significant corporate failures of the 21st century. Drawing on real-world examples, she will discuss:

• Common threads across the 21st Century corporate failures
• Ethical leadership and finding the moral courage to do what is right
• Who commits fraud and why
• Building and sustaining a high-performing ethical culture
• Small changes that can have a significant impact in deterring fraud
• Ten steps to recognize ethical dilemmas and make the right choices

Key Takeaways

• Recognize common organizational, cultural, and behavioral factors that can contribute to major corporate failures.
• Explain how pressure, fear, misplaced loyalty, incentives, and rationalization can influence ethical decision-making.
• Recognize the challenges whistleblowers may face before, during, and after raising concerns.
• Identify practical actions leaders and employees can take to strengthen a speak-up culture and reduce the risk of fraud.
• Understand what individuals can do to strengthen moral courage and respond to ethical dilemmas.

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OK ETHICS Presents:

The Ethics of Community Health

G.T. Bynam | VP for Community and Government Affairs

Saint Francis Health System

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G.T. Bynum currently serves as the Vice President for Community & Government Affairs in the Saint Francis Health System. G.T. previously served as Mayor of Tulsa (2016-2024) and on the Tulsa City Council (2008-2016). As mayor, G.T. guided Tulsa through its greatest public health crisis and major natural disasters while never losing an election for office or in support of public improvements.

He led the physical transformation of Tulsa - Zink Lake, Gilcrease Museum, the Gathering Place, and other major public projects - while fostering a historic boom in private sector investment ranging from Amazon to American Airlines. He initiated the search for unmarked graves of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims, created the Tulsa Police Real Time Information Center, and hired more police officers and firefighters while also paving more miles of road than any mayor in Tulsa history.

Since leaving office, in addition to his work at Saint Francis, G.T. has served as an advisor on leadership and civic innovation to groups such as the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University, the Aspen Institute, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and the Rockefeller Foundation. G.T. currently serves on the boards of directors for the Urban Institute, Results For America, Work For America, United States Digital Response, Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma, Bishop Kelley High School, and the Museum of Tulsa History.

G.T.’s TED Talk on replacing partisanship with policy has been viewed nearly one million times by people all around the world. His approach to leadership has been nationally recognized during appearances in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Newsweek,, the Christian Science Monitor, 60 Minutes, Meet the Press Daily, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, PBS, CBS Sunday Morning, Politico, Daily Stoic podcast and others.

G.T. is the co-author of a new book, “Taking Care: The Good Life of Robert J. LaFortune”. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Ethics from Villanova University and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Public Health from Harvard University. He is married to Susan Bynum, Vice President of the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa. They are the proud parents of Robert and Annabel - the sixth generation of Bynums to call Tulsa home.

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Event Details:

Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2027

Location: Devon Energy Tower, 50th Floor

Parking: Free, see map below

Schedule:

- 10:45 am:  Networking begins adjacent to the Infinity Room

- 11:15 am:  Buffet opens

- 11:30 am:  Meeting commences

Registration:

- Premium Members:  Free (for the number of pre-paid registrants included in membership)

- Members:  $60

- Non-Members:  $70

CPE Credits:

- Instructional Method:  Group Live

- Prerequisites/Participation:  None

- Attendance Requirement:  50-minute presentation

- Category:  TBD

- Content Reviewer:  Executive Director & CPE Coordinator

- Policy:  Refunds are not available after the event

- Please email mary@okethics.com for complaint resolutions

Coming Soon:

- Program Description 

- Key Takeaways

 

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OK ETHICS Presents:

The Ethics of Community Health

G.T. Bynam | VP for Community and Government Affairs

Saint Francis Health System

_____________________________________________

G.T. Bynum currently serves as the Vice President for Community & Government Affairs in the Saint Francis Health System. G.T. previously served as Mayor of Tulsa (2016-2024) and on the Tulsa City Council (2008-2016). As mayor, G.T. guided Tulsa through its greatest public health crisis and major natural disasters while never losing an election for office or in support of public improvements.

He led the physical transformation of Tulsa - Zink Lake, Gilcrease Museum, the Gathering Place, and other major public projects - while fostering a historic boom in private sector investment ranging from Amazon to American Airlines. He initiated the search for unmarked graves of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims, created the Tulsa Police Real Time Information Center, and hired more police officers and firefighters while also paving more miles of road than any mayor in Tulsa history.

Since leaving office, in addition to his work at Saint Francis, G.T. has served as an advisor on leadership and civic innovation to groups such as the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University, the Aspen Institute, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and the Rockefeller Foundation. G.T. currently serves on the boards of directors for the Urban Institute, Results For America, Work For America, United States Digital Response, Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma, Bishop Kelley High School, and the Museum of Tulsa History.

G.T.’s TED Talk on replacing partisanship with policy has been viewed nearly one million times by people all around the world. His approach to leadership has been nationally recognized during appearances in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Newsweek,, the Christian Science Monitor, 60 Minutes, Meet the Press Daily, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, PBS, CBS Sunday Morning, Politico, Daily Stoic podcast and others.

G.T. is the co-author of a new book, “Taking Care: The Good Life of Robert J. LaFortune”. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Ethics from Villanova University and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Public Health from Harvard University. He is married to Susan Bynum, Vice President of the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa. They are the proud parents of Robert and Annabel - the sixth generation of Bynums to call Tulsa home.

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Event Details: 

Date: Thursday January 28th, 2027

Location:  Downtown DoubleTree, 616 W 7th 

Parking: Free in the connected parking garage

Schedule:

- 10:45 am:  Networking begins in the foyer of the international Ballroom

- 11:15 am:  Lunch served

- 11:30 am:  Meeting commences

Registration

- Premium Members: Free (for the number of pre-paid registrants included in Membership)

- Members:  $60

- Nonmembers:  $70

CPE Credits:

- Instructional Method:  Group Live

- Prerequisites/Participation:  None

- Attendance Requirement:  50-minute presentation

- Category:  TBD

- Refund Policy:  Refunds are not available after the event

- Content Reviewer:  Executive Director & CPE Coordinator

- Please email mary@okethics.com for complaint resolutions

Coming Soon:

- Program Description

- Key Takeaways

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OK ETHICS Presents:

Ethical Leadership, Organizational Culture, and the Consequences of Compromise

Greg Massa | Executive Director Global Ethics & Strategic Engagement

Kreller Group

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Mr. Massa’s experience spans a 32-year career in intelligence, national security, and federal law enforcement within the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.) and in corporate investigations (Kreller Group). My appointment in 2022 as Executive Director Global Ethics & Strategic Engagement honed the Kreller Group’s calibrated offerings for a growing client base across a diverse and expanding ield and represented the Kreller Group internationally in more than a dozen countries, as well as signi icant outreach domestically.

In my role at the Kreller Group, I specialize in corporate investigations, risk management, due diligence, whistleblower complaints, outreach, and global training initiatives. Conducted dozens of sensitive investigations with interviews, analysis, and forensic document review for clients in the pharmaceutical, chemical manufacturing, automotive, transportation, oil and gas sectors. Completed Fraud Risk Assessments and collaboratively led large scale projects domestically and internationally to identify areas of risk, propose mitigation strategies and develop new policies and procedures for clients across Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Europe and the Americas.

As an F.B.I. agent from 1997-2022, I specialized in complex Criminal and National Security investigations and intelligence matters. I established a pattern of excellence in navigating highly sensitive subject matters. I represented the F.B.I. in more than 20 countries, including long term assignments in Iraq and Afghanistan. I completed a three-year leadership role as the F.B.I.'s Legal Attaché , the senior agent leading a team with responsibilities across the Nordics. I managed complex investigations and used risk assessment in decision making processes on how to leverage resources to gather actionable intelligence. I was responsible for ensuring compliance with Department of Justice regulations and led internal investigations. I led dozens of high-proile and complex criminal enterprise, inancial crimes, national security, and cyber investigations

Education/Experiences 

• University of Notre Dame degree in International Relations
• Master’s degree in Human Resources from Webster University
• Advanced certifications from Northwestern University and Harvard University Kennedy School Executive Education Program
• Decorated US Army Commissioned Of icer 1994-1997

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Event Details:

Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2027

Location: Devon Energy Tower, 50th Floor

Parking: Free, see map below

Schedule:

- 10:45 am:  Networking begins adjacent to the Infinity Room

- 11:15 am:  Buffet opens

- 11:30 am:  Meeting commences

Registration:

- Premium Members:  Free (for the number of pre-paid registrants included in membership)

- Members:  $60

- Non-Members:  $70

CPE Credits:

- Instructional Method:  Group Live

- Prerequisites/Participation:  None

- Attendance Requirement:  50-minute presentation

- Category:  TBD

- Content Reviewer:  Executive Director & CPE Coordinator

- Policy:  Refunds are not available after the event

- Please email mary@okethics.com for complaint resolutions

Program Description:

Ethical failures rarely begin with a single major decision. They develop through small compromises, rationalizations, and a reluctance to challenge the status quo. Integrity requires making the right choices, especially when doing so comes at a personal or professional cost.

Key Takeaways:

• Ethics and Compliance in Practice: Lessons from FBI investigations, international assignments in Scandinavia, and corporate consulting engagements across Europe, Southeast Asia, and the Americas.
• Culture of Compliance: Addressing conflicts of interest, pressure to "get the deal done," and the tendency to prioritize results over ethical considerations.
• The Slippery Slope of Compromise: How professionals rationalize ethical shortcuts to achieve their goals, believing the compromises will eventually end.
• The Danger of Complacency: How a culture of "it is what it is" or "that's how we've always done things" gradually undermines even the strongest organizations.
• Leadership, Values, and Accountability: Translating honesty, integrity, professionalism, and loyalty into everyday decisions, using the V2MOM framework to align values with measurable outcomes.
• Integrity Under Pressure: The importance of maintaining sound judgment, honesty, and steadiness when facing competing priorities and difficult decisions.

 

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Event Details: 

Date: Thursday, February 25th, 2027

Location:  Downtown DoubleTree, 616 W 7th 

Parking: Free in the connected parking garage

Schedule:

- 10:45 am:  Networking begins in the foyer of the international Ballroom

- 11:15 am:  Lunch served

- 11:30 am:  Meeting commences

Registration

- Premium Members: Free (for the number of pre-paid registrants included in Membership)

- Members:  $60

- Nonmembers:  $70

CPE Credits:

- Instructional Method:  Group Live

- Prerequisites/Participation:  None

- Attendance Requirement:  50-minute presentation

- Category:  TBD

- Refund Policy:  Refunds are not available after the event

- Content Reviewer:  Executive Director & CPE Coordinator

- Please email mary@okethics.com for complaint resolutions

Program Description:

Ethical failures rarely begin with a single major decision. They develop through small compromises, rationalizations, and a reluctance to challenge the status quo. Integrity requires making the right choices, especially when doing so comes at a personal or professional cost.

Key Takeaways:

• Ethics and Compliance in Practice: Lessons from FBI investigations, international assignments in Scandinavia, and corporate consulting engagements across Europe, Southeast Asia, and the Americas.
• Culture of Compliance: Addressing conflicts of interest, pressure to "get the deal done," and the tendency to prioritize results over ethical considerations.
• The Slippery Slope of Compromise: How professionals rationalize ethical shortcuts to achieve their goals, believing the compromises will eventually end.
• The Danger of Complacency: How a culture of "it is what it is" or "that's how we've always done things" gradually undermines even the strongest organizations.
• Leadership, Values, and Accountability: Translating honesty, integrity, professionalism, and loyalty into everyday decisions, using the V2MOM framework to align values with measurable outcomes.
• Integrity Under Pressure: The importance of maintaining sound judgment, honesty, and steadiness when facing competing priorities and difficult decisions.

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OK ETHICS Presents:

HR Investigation and Leadership

Lisa McConnell | Founder & CEO

Steeped Leadership

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Lisa McConnell is a certified workplace investigator and leadership expert with more than 25 years of experience in human resources, employee relations, and navigating the complex realities of the workplace. She has spent her career at the intersection of people, policy, leadership, and conflict, often stepping in when the stakes and the tensions are high.

As a workplace investigator, Lisa has seen what happens when difficult conversations are avoided, when assumptions fuel conflict, and when leadership decisions either escalate a situation or transform it.

That perspective shapes her approach to leadership today. Lisa doesn't teach leaders to avoid conflict. She teaches them how to use it to forge stronger relationships.

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Event Details:

Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2027

Location: Devon Energy Tower, 50th Floor

Parking: Free, see map below

Schedule:

- 10:45 am:  Networking begins adjacent to the Infinity Room

- 11:15 am:  Buffet opens

- 11:30 am:  Meeting commences

Registration:

- Premium Members:  Free (for the number of pre-paid registrants included in membership)

- Members:  $60

- Non-Members:  $70

CPE Credits:

- Instructional Method:  Group Live

- Prerequisites/Participation:  None

- Attendance Requirement:  50-minute presentation

- Category:  TBD

- Content Reviewer:  Executive Director & CPE Coordinator

- Policy:  Refunds are not available after the event

- Please email mary@okethics.com for complaint resolutions

Program Description:

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Key Takeaways:

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Event Details: 

Date: Thursday, March 25th, 2027

Location:  Downtown DoubleTree, 616 W 7th 

Parking: Free in the connected parking garage

Schedule:

- 10:45 am:  Networking begins in the foyer of the international Ballroom

- 11:15 am:  Lunch served

- 11:30 am:  Meeting commences

Registration

- Premium Members: Free (for the number of pre-paid registrants included in Membership)

- Members:  $60

- Nonmembers:  $70

CPE Credits:

- Instructional Method:  Group Live

- Prerequisites/Participation:  None

- Attendance Requirement:  50-minute presentation

- Category:  TBD

- Refund Policy:  Refunds are not available after the event

- Content Reviewer:  Executive Director & CPE Coordinator

- Please email mary@okethics.com for complaint resolutions

Program Description:

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Key Takeaways:

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OK ETHICS Presents:

The Cowboy Code

Pat Fitzgerald | President & CEO

National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum

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Pat Fitzgerald is a native Oklahoman with more than 40 years of experience in various industries, including senior executive positions at Apple, Walt Disney Studios, Citibank, and Campbell Soup Company. He was named President and CEO of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in October 2022.

Fitzgerald previously owned a consulting practice and served as an Operating Partner for Virgo Investment Group, advising entrepreneurs and mid-sized companies seeking operational expertise and capital. He served a two-year stint as a special advisor and Cabinet member for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Entertainment under Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin.

Prior to this, Fitzgerald worked at Apple as Vice President and General Manager of iTunes where he led global product and operations for iTunes products and Apple’s gift card business. Prior to Apple, he worked at Disney as the global EVP and acting COO for the Home Entertainment division of Walt Disney Studios. There he also led the direct-to-consumer strategic plan and initiatives for content which is known now as Disney+.

Fitzgerald received his Bachelor of Science from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in 1986, with a double major in Marketing & Accounting. Having relocated frequently during his career, he moved back to Oklahoma in 2015 with Barb, his wife of 40 years, and so that he could reside close to their daughter, son-in-law, son, daughter-in-law, and their five grandchildren.

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Event Details:

Date: Wednesday, April 28th, 2027

Location: Devon Energy Tower, 50th Floor

Parking: Free, see map below

Schedule:

- 10:45 am:  Networking begins adjacent to the Infinity Room

- 11:15 am:  Buffet opens

- 11:30 am:  Meeting commences

Registration:

- Premium Members:  Free (for the number of pre-paid registrants included in membership)

- Members:  $60

- Non-Members:  $70

CPE Credits:

- Instructional Method:  Group Live

- Prerequisites/Participation:  None

- Attendance Requirement:  50-minute presentation

- Category:  TBD

- Content Reviewer:  Executive Director & CPE Coordinator

- Policy:  Refunds are not available after the event

- Please email mary@okethics.com for complaint resolutions

Program Description:

Coming soon

Key Takeaways:

Coming soon

 

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Event Details: 

Date: Thursday, April 29th, 2027

Location:  Downtown DoubleTree, 616 W 7th 

Parking: Free in the connected parking garage

Schedule:

- 10:45 am:  Networking begins in the foyer of the international Ballroom

- 11:15 am:  Lunch served

- 11:30 am:  Meeting commences

Registration

- Premium Members: Free (for the number of pre-paid registrants included in Membership)

- Members:  $60

- Nonmembers:  $70

CPE Credits:

- Instructional Method:  Group Live

- Prerequisites/Participation:  None

- Attendance Requirement:  50-minute presentation

- Category:  TBD

- Refund Policy:  Refunds are not available after the event

- Content Reviewer:  Executive Director & CPE Coordinator

- Please email mary@okethics.com for complaint resolutions

Program Description:

Coming soon

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