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.  The major seminars scheduled for October include: 

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

The pandemic has definitely increased the demand of medical and healthcare products and services, and yet the quality of these products and services remains a key concern of the public.  Practitioners of the medical and healthcare industries are to maintain their high ethical standard for ensuring service or product quality, as well as sustaining their goodwill and competitive edge in the market.  To assist the industries in fortifying their clean corporate culture, the Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre (HKBEDC) will organise a webinar for sales representatives of the sector on integrity and corruption issues in their business operation, as well as measures to prevent malpractices and illegal conduct.  Details of the webinar are as follows:

The webinar is free of charge.  Please click here to enrol on or before 27 September 2022 (Tuesday). For enquiries, please contact Ms Karen Wong at 2826-3398.

The HKBEDC will host a Sharing Session for members of the Corruption Prevention Network for Banks on 2 September 2022. The Session is also open up to banking practitioners holding managerial positions from training, human resources, legal & compliance departments. Details of the Session are as below: 

For enquiries, please call Mr Ivan SHEK at 2899 3949 or email to hkbedc@crd.icac.org.hk

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.  The major seminars scheduled for September include: 

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

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 "Strengthen Resilience, Empower Customers and Accelerate Sustainable Growth", with which HKIB strives to provide a platform for the banking industry to get together and exchange new ideas and actionable insights to unleash new growth opportunities and manage the impacts of the global uncertainties. 

Details of the event as below:

Please visit the event website for details and early bird rate is available for enrolment by 31 July 2021. For enquiries, please call HKIB at 2153 7800 or email to bankingconference@hkib.org.

With an aim to enhance the integrity of construction practitioners and their understanding of anti-corruption laws, the Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre (HKBEDC) will organise two integrity training workshops for site supervisory of consultants/contractors. Details as follows:

The workshops are free of charge and seats are limited.  
Interested parties may click here to enroll.

Apart from arranging the workshops, HKBEDC has also producing a series of ethics resources for the construction industry, which include a series of e-learning courses and online feature articles dedicated for construction professionals, as well as a publicity poster and publicity pamphlet with "Don't Bribe for Job" message dedicated for the frontline practitioners.  For enquiries, please contact the HKBEDC at 2826-3288.

The Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre (HKBEDC) has been jointly organising thematic seminars with professional bodies and trade organisations to promote good governance and professional ethics in the business sector.  The major seminars scheduled for June include: 

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

In order to enhance professional ethics and integrity culture in the construction industry, HKBEDC rolled out the Ethics Promotion Programme for the Construction Industry in 2021/22.  The following training resources have been produced for construction professionals in collaboration with the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE), the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA) and the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS):

E-learning Courses

An e-learning course is tailored for engineers, architects and surveyors respectively. Each course comprises a Professional Ethics Module and a Legal Compliance and Corruption Prevention module.  Desktop and mobile versions are available for accessing the courses anywhere and anytime.  Participants who complete the e-learning course may claim 1 CPD hour in the respective profession.

Online Feature Articles

The Centre also publishes online feature articles for engineers, architects and surveyors, highlighting legal controls over corruption, common ethical challenges at work, managing staff integrity and handling ethical dilemmas.

You may also visit our webpage for construction industry for the Centre's latest ethical resources.

 Joint Seminars with Professional Bodies (May & June 2022)

The Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre (HKBEDC) has been jointly organising thematic seminars with professional bodies and trade organisations to promote good governance and professional ethics in the business sector.  The major seminars scheduled for May and June include: 

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

ESG Achievement Awards 2021/2022

The application deadline for the ESG Achievement Awards 2021/2022 has been extended to 20 May 2022.  Serving as a supporting organisation of the Awards, HKBEDC encourages listed companies, private corporations, ETF products, ESG service providers, NGOs/NPOs etc. to submit an online application for the Awards.  Details are available on the event's website.  For enquiry, please contact the Secretariat Office of the Awards at 3159-2900 or secretariat@iesgawards.org.

Hong Kong, being a leading international financial centre and one of the most active stock markets in the world, has high expectations on listed companies (LCs) in practicing good corporate governance and upholding high standard of business ethics to safeguard the interest of stakeholders.

To help company directors and senior management understand their ethical and governance roles, the common ethical risks in LCs, as well as to comply with HKEX’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Reporting requirement on anti-corruption training, the Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre (HKBEDC) is going to organise a Putonghua session of the "Ethics Legacy" – Ethical and Governance Roles of Directors and Senior Management of Publicly Listed Companies webinar through the "BEDC Channel".  Details of the webinar are as follows:

Click here to join this Zoom webinar for FREE now.  For more details, please refer to the "BEDC Channel" webpage.