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16 August 2019Ethics Resources for Accounting Professionals Accounting professionals not only play crucial roles in the financial management and corporate governance of an organisation, they also have an overriding duty to protect the public interest. Given their unique roles and duties, professional accountants must uphold the highest integrity standard and stay vigilant to various ethical risks and challenges. The Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre (HKBEDC) has developed a series of feature articles highlighting the ethical risks faced by external auditors, internal auditors, financial accountants and management accountants respectively. The articles also cover the legal obligations and professional principles these accounting professionals should pay heed to in tackling ethical challenges. HKBEDC has also developed a wide range of corruption prevention resources for other industries and targets. Please click here to find out more.

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06 August 2019Partnership with the Indian business community in upholding business ethics Mr HO Wai-chi, Director of Community Relations of the ICAC, attended a networking reception of the Indian Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong (ICCHK) on 17 July to share with ICCHK’s members on the anti-corruption and ethics promotion work of the ICAC. He exchanged with members on the probity situation in Hong Kong, the challenges ahead in the fight of corruption, as well as the initiatives and services of the ICAC and the Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre (HKBEDC). The ICCHK is one of the ten member chambers of the Business Ethics Development Advisory Committee, which guides the work of the HKBEDC. The partnership between the HKBEDC and these foreign and local chambers fully demonstrates the support from the business communities in upholding business and professional ethics to sustain a level-playing field in Hong Kong. Please contact HKBEDC at 2587-9812 if you are interested in the dedicated services provided for the business sector.

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24 July 2019HKBEDC fully supports the HKIoD on the promotion of directors’ ethics The Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre (HKBEDC) has been partnering with the Hong Kong Institute of Directors (HKIoD) for years in promoting corporate governance and ethical leadership. HKBEDC will serve as the supporting organisation of “Directors of The Year Awards 2019” and “Directors’ Symposium 2019”. The theme of the events is “Embracing Innovation for Sustainable Growth”. The “Directors of The Year Awards 2019” aims to recognise outstanding boards and directors as well as to promote good corporate governance and director professionalism. Companies and individual directors are invited to submit their nominations to HKIoD by 31 July (Wed) 5:00pm. The “Directors’ Symposium 2019” will be held on 17 September (Tue) at the HKEX Connect Hall. Directors, senior executives and professionals are encouraged to join the Symposium to gain insights from speakers on how to exercise creativity to innovate solutions that make a meaningful impact to business and society. Early bird registration is available on or before 16 August (Fri). For enquiries of the above events, please contact HKIoD at 2889-9986 or email to dya@hkiod.com (for the Awards) / symposium@hkiod.com (for the Symposium).

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16 July 2019Smart Tips for SMEs Some business operators may offer gifts and hospitality to their business associates to maintain good relationship and expand the company’s network. Is there anything we should watch out for when offering business gifts? The Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre (HKBEDC) has recently produced a feature article to decipher the legal and ethical concerns behind offering gifts and give “smart” tips to SMEs for conducting their business ethically. Please click here to view the article. HKBEDC maintains a “SME Corruption Prevention Network” comprising over 70 trade associations of different industries. Corruption prevention information is shared with their members regularly. Trade or business associations interested in joining the Network are welcome to contact us at 2587-9812.

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24-6-2019

24 June 2019The Hong Kong Institute of Bankers (HKIB) Annual Banking Conference 2019 The Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre continues to serve as a supporting organisation for the Annual Banking Conference (Conference) this year and encourages banking executives and related professionals to join the event. The Conference is an annual event organised by HKIB. With the theme “The New Future of Banking and Bankers – Greater Bay Area and Digitalisation”, this year’s event will focus on the digital innovations and policies adjustments in the banking industry, including the latest technological advancements and the national Greater Bay Area masterplan, which offer exciting opportunities to the financial services sector. It will dive deep into these new changes and discuss on how to implement and take advantage of these fundamental changes to the banking industry as banking evolves over the next decade. Details of the event as below: • Date: 26 September 2019 (Thursday) • Time: 9:00am to 5:15pm • Venue: N100 Series (New Wing), Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre • HKIB CPD / SFC CPT: 3 hours for the Morning session and 2.5 hours for the Afternoon session • Registration: Click here Please visit the event website for details and early bird enrolment by 30 June 2019. For enquiries, please call HKIB at 2153 7800 or email to bankingconference@hkib.org.

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