The Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre continues to serve as a supporting organisation for the HKIB Annual Banking Conference this year and encourages banking executives and related professionals to join the event.

The theme of this year's event is "Innovation and Transformation: A Brave New World of Banking".  It will focus on how digital transformation, innovation and the addition of virtual banks into Hong Kong's banking system have revolutionised the industry by opening the doors to better user experience, product innovation, cost and operational efficiency and delivery channels.  Details of the event as below:

Please visit the event website for details and early bird rate is available for enrolment by 31 July 2020. For enquiries, please call HKIB at 2153 7800 or email to bankingconference@hkib.org.

ACRU 2020, an annual signature event of The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (HKICS), will be held on 5 June 2020 (Friday).  Representatives from regulatory bodies and expert practitioners will provide updates on enforcement developments and discuss on regulatory related matters. Executive Director of the Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre will also share the insights on anti-corruption and ethical governance in the event.  

ACRU 2020 provides a compelling forum on governance related issues for governance professionals, company secretaries, directors, and senior management.  The event will be conducted online this year. Six ECPD points will be granted to eligible participants who attended all sessions of the event. 

Please click here for more details and registration.

The Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre (HKBEDC) strives to promote business ethics to various sectors in collaboration with the stakeholders. Serving as a supporting organisation of the IFTA FinTech Achievement Awards 2019 (the Awards), HKBEDC encourages corporates and individuals in the FinTech community to participate in the Awards.

The Awards, which aims to encourage corporate and professional development and facilitate the sustainable is organised by the Institute of Financial Technologists of Asia (IFTA).

Themed “Transforming FinTech Communities with Competence, Character and Care”, the Awards recognises achievements worldwide in FinTech innovation, education, R&D, and its applications through its 26 corporate and 4 individual award categories.

Online application for the Awards is now open until 3 February 2020 (Monday). Please refer to the programme flyer or visit the event website for more details. For enquiry, please contact the Secretariat Office of the Awards at 3159-2900, or by email to secretariat@iftaawards.org.

The Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre strives to maintain the highest level of integrity and competence of the financial sector. We encourage financial institutions to participate in the Hong Kong ICT (HKICT) Awards 2020 - FinTech Award.

The FinTech Award aims to encourage the development of fintech innovation and solutions for enhancing operations and fostering new modes of business for the financial sector. It comprises three streams this year:

1. Banking, Insurance and Capital Markets

2. Emerging Solutions

3. Regulatory Technology and Risk Management*

    *Includes Fintech Security

Being a supporting organisation of the FinTech Award, the Centre encourages companies in the banking, insurance, securities trading as well as fund and asset management industries to submit entries. Please refer to the category prospectus and application form of the Award, or visit the webpage of the Leading Organiser Hong Kong Institute of Bankers (HKIB) for more details.

The closing date for Award enrolment is 3 January 2020 (by noon). For enquiry, please contact HKIB at 2153-7899 (Ms Lam) or 2153-7858 (Ms Ho), or by email to fintechaward@hkib.org .

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 2587-9812.

Following the successful launch of the “Starting-Up Right!” programme for novice entrepreneurs and start-ups, the Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre (HKBEDC) has recently formed a “Starting-Up Right! Connectors Network” (the Network) to link start-up connectors together and exchange useful information on business ethics and anti-corruption.

Start-up incubators, accelerators, alongside start-up communities and organisations that coordinate local start-ups activities, are cordially invited to join the Network and assist in disseminating integrity messages to their connected start-ups. Participating connectors can:

• receive news from the HKBEDC on its business ethics initiatives

• access to the latest ICAC’s publications and anti-corruption resources

• obtain “Anti-corruption Information Kit for Start-ups & SMEs”, pamphlets, feature articles, etc. for distribution to the connected start-ups

• use ICAC’s free services, including arrange talks and sharing sessions on corruption prevention for start-ups

Start-up connectors may click here to join the Network, while individual start-ups who are interested in our services may contact us directly. For enquiries, please contact Ms Karen Wong at (852) 2826-3398.

The highlights of this issue include:

• the ICAC shared the success factors of Hong Kong’s anti-corruption model at international conferences and meetings with foreign agencies;

• important tips for doing business overseas ethically;

• the ICAC promoted positive values to youngsters and their parents in the Hong Kong Book Fair; and

• Hong Kong’s corruption situation in the first six months of 2019.

Please click here for the 37th issue of the ICAC Post.

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).

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.

Integrity and credibility are the foundations of good business. They also form part of the core value of Hong Kong’s testing and certification (T&C) sector. To maintain a high standard of integrity in the industry, the Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre (HKBEDC) will jointly orgnise a seminar with the Hong Kong Council for Testing and Certification as well as the Hong Kong Accreditation Service on 19 June 2019 (Wednesday).

The seminar will cover ethical issues in the T&C sector, anti-corruption laws and anti-bribery management system as well as fair trading practice. Details of the seminar as follow:

• Date: 19 June 2019 (Wednesday)

• Time: 2:30 pm to 5:20 pm

• Venue: Conference Hall, 4/F, HKPC Building, 78 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong

• Targets: Practitioners of the T&C industry and parties interested in the topics

• Language: Cantonese (presentation slides maybe in English only

• Programme: Please click here to download the programme flyer

The seminar is free of charge. Please complete the enrolment form and return it by fax (3605-9400) or by email (hkctcseminar_19jun@conceptcoms.hk) on or before 14 June 2018 (Friday). For enquiry, please contact Ms Angela Cheng at 3605-9679.