The latest issue of the ICAC Post highlights the ICAC's commitment to promoting business ethics through the Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre (HKBEDC). Supported by its close work partners, HKBEDC successfully hosted its 25^th Anniversary livestreaming event and jointly organised a few ethics promotion activities with member chambers of the Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Advisory Committee in recent months.

Joining hands with the Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong (CMA), HKBEDC arranged a visit to the CMA Testing and Certification Laboratories for a group of business students from the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong. Senior management of the company introduced their corruption prevention measures and shared with the students the company's commitment and experience in practicising business ethics.
	The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce arranged a visit to the ICAC for its Young Executives Club's members who had a meaningful exchange on business ethics with the Director of Community Relations of ICAC and the Executive Director of HKBEDC.

The 41^st Issue of ICAC Post also explains the role of ICAC in upholding and promoting the rule of law and introduces the anti-corruption information tailor-made for people of diverse race. Please click here to read the full version.

The Hong Kong Independent Non-Executive Director Association (HKiNEDA) is going to organise an Annual Conference 2020 on 12 December 2020 to provide an international communication platform for the excellent directors and senior management from the Greater China.  Event details as follow:

As a supporting organisation of the conference, HKBEDC encourages you to join this event online.  For enquiries, please contact Ms. Joanna Cheung of HKiNEDA on 2593 9616 or at info@hkineda.com.

To commemorate its silver jubilee, Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre (the Centre) held its first-ever livestreaming anniversary event on 19 November 2020. The Event was graced by the Commissioner of the ICAC and representatives of the Hong Kong Ethics Development Advisory Committee (BEDAC). We are also very grateful to be joined by our close allies from different trade and professional organisations via Zoom.   

Taking of this opportunity, the Centre launched its new logo with a new tagline: "Embrace Ethics · Enjoy Success" which calls upon the business sector to adopt best business practice and embrace ethical values in their corporate management.   Please visit our 25th Anniversary Event page for the full version throwback video of the Event!

The new HKBEDC logo is a combination of letter "E" and "B", meaning "Ethics is pivotal to Business success".

The Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre (HKBEDC) has been jointly organising thematic seminars with various professional bodies and trade organisations to promote good governance and professional ethics in the business sector.  Some major seminars conducting in November and December include the following: 

For enquiries, please contact the above co-organisers directly, or call the HKBEDC hotline at 2826-3288.

The Directors' Symposium 2020 organised by HKIoD will be held on 27 October.  The Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre is glad to be invited by HKIoD again as a supporting organisation of this annual event.

The theme of the Directors' Symposium 2020 is “Vanguard in Challenging Times”. Company directors, decision-makers and senior officers of diverse enterprises are encouraged to participate.  Details are as follows:

Please visit the event website for registration and more details.  For enquiries, please call HKIoD at 2889-4988 or email to symposium@hkiod.com.

The Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre (HKBEDC) has been jointly organising thematic seminars with various professional bodies and trade organisations to promote good governance and professional ethics in the business sector.  Here are some of the seminars to be conducted in October: 

For enquiries, please contact the above co-organisers directly, or call the HKBEDC hotline at 2826-3288.

The biennial Corporate Governance Conference (the Conference) hosted by Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (HKICS) will be held online on 25 September 2020. The Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre continues to serve as a supporting organisation and encourages corporates, business executives and professionals to join the event.

The theme of this year’s Conference is “Building the Modern Board: A 20/20 Vision”.  Eligible participants who attend the Conference will be granted ECPD points.  Please click here for the programme details and registration.

Online registration is available now until 18 September.  For enquiries, please call HKICS at 2881-6177 or email to cpd@hkics.org.hk.

Committed to the promotion of good corporate governance and business ethics, the Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre serves again as a supporting organisation for the "Directors of The Year Awards 2020" (the Awards) this year and encourages companies, boards and individual directors to participate and submit nomination for the Awards.

The Awards is an annual event organised by the Hong Kong Institute of Directors (HKIoD).  The theme of this year is "Vanguard in Challenging Times".  Interested parties are invited to submit their nomination form and supporting documents to HKIoD by 31 July 2020 (Friday) 5:00 pm.   

For enquiries, please contact Ms Odessa SO of HKIoD at 2889-9986 or email to dya@hkiod.com.

One of the key strengths of Hong Kong's testing and certification (T&C) sector is its high level of integrity and credibility, which gives confidence to users of T&C services.  To maintain the integrity standard in the industry, the Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre will jointly organise a webinar with the Hong Kong Council for Testing and Certification and the Hong Kong Accreditation Service on 30 July 2020 (Thursday).

The webinar will cover the anti-corruption laws in Hong Kong and the common corruption risks and ethical issues that may be encountered by T&C practitioners.  Details of the webinar are as follows:

For enquiries, please contact Ms Charmaine NG at 3605 9630 or email to hkctcwebinar_30july@mills.events.

The Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre (HKBEDC) has been jointly organising thematic seminars with various professional bodies and trade organisations to promote good governance and professional ethics in the business sector.  Here are some of the seminars to be conducted in July and August: 

For enquiries, please contact the above co-organisers directly, or call the HKBEDC hotline at 2826-3288.