Our Firm:
Smith Adcock and Company, LLP offers expert financial statement services that provide businesses with the information they need to make financial decisions, maintain regulatory compliance, and build trust with stakeholders.
Our team of Certified Public Accountants and accounting specialists bring years of experience in financial preparation services in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and other comprehensive accounting standards.
We strive to provide accurate and reliable financial statements to enable businesses to make informed financial decisions.
Smith, Adcock and Company LLP will uphold the highest standards of ethics, honesty, and integrity in all that we do, both when we act as a firm and when we act as individuals. We recognize that:
We all must accept the shared responsibility and accountability for the firm’s ethical culture. When we face a difficult decision, we will remember that our individual decision can affect the entire firm. We also will remember to seek help and guidance from our peers, from the firm’s leadership, and from authoritative sources.
This document gives some specific guidelines on selected topics of importance, and it provides some practical questions to assist in ethical decision making.
This document is not intended to cover every situation that may be encountered. Instead, this commitment is intended to bring deserved attention to our firm-wide purpose to uphold the highest ethical standards in our practices and to highlight some particularly important goals and ideals.
We are honest and straightforward in our business and professional relationships. We are truthful about the services we provide, the experience we have gained, and the knowledge we possess. We maintain complete and accurate records for compliance with regulatory, tax, and financial reporting requirements, as well as for meeting obligations to clients and to the firm. We uphold the highest level of integrity at all times and understand that we are expected to be correct, trustworthy and candid in professional and personal dealings, striving to adhere both to the letter and the spirit of applicable laws and regulations.
We are committed to fair business practices in all our dealings. We reject and do not engage in any illegal, unethical or corrupt business practices. Our fees reflect the value of the services we provide and the responsibilities we assume.
We will preserve and maintain the confidentiality of all client information. We will not use confidential or proprietary information about our clients, the firm, or other parties for personal advantage or gain or for the benefit of a third party.
During the course of performing our duties, we may obtain non-public information. We will refrain from disclosing this information to any unauthorized person. We understand that it is illegal for any person employed by our firm to buy or sell securities based on any insider information.
We shall refrain from engaging a potential client, and will terminate our association with any existing client, that engages in unethical behavior, lies or provides false or misleading information to the firm.
We expect all firm personnel to conduct themselves in a professional, ethical, and honest fashion both inside and outside of the firm. We acknowledge that our individual actions may reflect on the firm and the profession.
An ethical culture requires purposed and consistent attention. We must remain alert for possible threats that might unduly influence our decision-making, and we must remain focused on our ethical framework.
We value a collaborative environment. We will communicate honestly and openly with one another. We will both accept and offer constructive suggestions to and from our colleagues.
We will pursue continual self-improvement through professional education and personal development. We will support our colleagues by sharing knowledge and experiences.
We must hold each other accountable to maintain an ethical culture. We will raise concerns and report suspected misconduct through the proper channels of communication or through provided anonymous methods.
We know that our lives have an impact that extends far beyond the workplace. We encourage involvement outside work for the benefit of our communities.
We will act with good faith in all that we do. We will be professional at all times in dealings with clients, fellow colleagues, and the general public.
We will balance at all times the interests of the clients and the public. We will never allow self-interests or the interests of the firm to affect our objectivity or integrity.
We are committed to providing services to our clients with the highest level of professional competence and due care. We will consistently monitor our quality control procedures to ensure compliance with our standards.
We are committed to avoiding relationships that impair, or may appear to impair, our objectivity and independence or that promote conflicts of interest. When conflicts of interest are identified and evaluated, we will proceed with our services only after the conflicts have been resolved in accordance with professional standards.
We are committed to delivering quality services that reflect our professional capabilities and are appropriate to the needs of our clients.
We will not offer or accept gifts or incentives that appear to affect our objectivity or independence, knowing that our objectivity is a key element of our profession.
We will take proactive measures to safeguard our documents, computers and electronic data, and other devices to ensure that client information is kept confidential.
We will comply with all laws and regulations governing the profession. This specifically includes the boards of accountancy for the states in which we operate and the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct. We will maintain licenses in good standing through timely renewals and continuing professional development.