A CPA works at a firm and also maintains a private practice as an expert witness for intellectual property cases.While at an audit client's office, he overhears a telephone conversation about a patent dispute and offers his services.When he takes the expert witness job, this position creates what type of threat to his professional ethics?

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The expert witness job creates an advocacy threat, as the CPA is now advocating for a specific party in the patent dispute. This threatens the CPA's objectivity and independence in his other roles as a CPA, such as the audit engagement with the client.

A CPA Works at a Firm and Also Maintains a Private