Drive Impact with IMA’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Practices Certificate™!
Creating a workplace where everyone belongs is not just good ethics, it’s smart business. IMA® (Institute of Management Accountants) offers a transformative certificate program that equips accounting and finance professionals with the tools to lead meaningful change in their teams and organizations.
IMA’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Practices Certificate™ features five dynamic self-study courses and a comprehensive final assessment, all designed to help you build inclusive cultures, attract and retain diverse talent, and align DE&I with long-term business sustainability.
Program Benefits:
- Based on IMA’s trusted thought leadership and research
- Earn a Professional Certificate, 7.5 NASBA CPE credits, and a digital badge
- Gain practical skills to recognize bias, promote equity, and lead DE&I efforts with confidence
- Self-paced learning available for 1 year after purchase
Courses Include:
- DE&I 101
- Recognizing and Mitigating Bias
- The Human Aspect of Sustainability
- Championing DE&I in the Workplace
- Effective DE&I Practices
1) DE&I 101
This course will demystify DE&I and establish a foundation upon which knowledge of implementing successful DE&I initiatives and strategies can be built. This foundational course will set the stage for the remaining courses to be added to the package and build on the management accountant’s knowledge and ability to contribute to the development of a diverse workforce.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Define diversity, equity, and inclusion or DE&I
- Describe intersectionality • Identify microaggressions
- Recognize inclusive and equitable behaviors
- Explain how DE&I is relevant to accounting and financial professionals in business
2) Recognizing and Mitigating Bias
This is the second course in the certificate program. This course will go deeper into biases, assumptions, stereotypes. The course will explore how biases are formed, how to recognize them and the actions to mitigate the effects of bias.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Define bias, assumptions, and stereotypes.
- Explain how a bias is formed.
- Recognize assumptions, stereotypes, and biases; and
- Identify positive actions to mitigate the effects of bias.
3) The Human Aspect of Sustainability
This is the third course in the certificate program. This course explores the overlap between sustainability and DE&I in the light of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs). The course also explains how management accountants and CFOs can play a role in sustainable business information and management.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Describe the overlap between sustainability and DE&I
- Identify the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are related to DE&I
- Explain management accountants’ role in sustainable business information and management
- Illustrate activities that CFO functions accountable for sustainability perform today.
4) Championing DE&I in the Workplace
This course takes a deep dive into the Code's five fundamental principles of ethics and how complying with them can help cultivate organizational cultures that are diverse, inclusive and equitable. This course also touches about biases that might adversely impact professional judgements and decision making.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Relate DE&I to the five fundamental principles of ethics and the conceptual framework set out in the International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (including the International Independence Standards) (the Code).
- Explain how complying with the Code’s requirements, especially the fundamental principles of ethics, help cultivate organizational cultures that are diverse, inclusive, and equitable.
- Identify conscious and unconscious bias that might affect professional judgments and decision making and how it can be mitigated.
- Describe how complying with the Code supports the reporting of reliable DE&I data.
5) Effective DE&I Practices
This is the final course in the certificate program. This is a course focused on the practical aspect of DE&I initiatives. It elaborates on the DE&I actions organizations can take and how to measure the impact and progress of the same.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- List the catalysts for DE&I action in the accounting profession.
- Describe inhibitors of DE&I progress in the organization.
- Explain strategic objectives and outcomes necessary for DE&I progress in accountancy.
- Outline effective DE&I practices in the workplace and the profession.
Program Format:
- QAS Self-Study | 100% Online
- Intermediate level – ideal for professionals with business or accounting backgrounds
- No advance preparation needed
Course Fee:
AED 914.57 + VAT (USD 249 + VAT)
Be the leader who builds more inclusive, innovative, and resilient organizations. Make DE&I a core part of your professional journey.
Enroll now and earn your DE&I Certificate from IMA!
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