The Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre (HKBEDC) strives to promote professional and business ethics to various sectors in collaboration with the stakeholders. Serving as a supporting organisation of the ESG Achievement Awards 2021/2022 (the Awards), HKBEDC encourages organisations to participate in the Awards.

The Awards is organised by the Institute of ESG & Benchmark (IESGB) with an aim to recognise achievements in Hong Kong in the aspects of ESG practices across different types of organisations.  The theme of this year's Awards is "Pursuit of the ESG E.R.A – Evolution, Resilience, Action".  The Award consists of 5 categories.  Listed companies, private corporations, ETF products, ESG service providers, NGOs/NPOs etc. are encouraged to submit an online application for the Awards by 7 May 2022.  Details are available on the event's website.

For enquiry, please contact the Secretariat Office of the Awards at 3159-2900, or by email to secretariat@iesgawards.org.  

The Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre (HKBEDC) strives to promote professional and business ethics to various sectors in collaboration with the stakeholders. Serving as a supporting organisation of the IFTA FinTech and Innovation Achievement Awards 2021/2022 (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). The theme of this year is "Two Worlds, One Goal: The Virtualisation of Reality".  Through its corporate and individual award categories, the Awards recognises the achievements of corporations and individuals in FinTech and innovation, as well as, the role they play in their development within the economy.   Awards application deadline is 29 April 2022.  More details are available on the event's website.

For enquiry, please contact the Secretariat Office of the Awards at 3159-2900, or by email to secretariat@iftaawards.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.

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 February include: 

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

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 December include the following: 

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

The Hong Kong Independent Non-Executive Director Association (HKiNEDA) is going to organise its 6^th Annual Conference on 4 December 2021 to share and discuss on topics relating to Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC), Environmental, Social, & Governance (ESG) and Green Finance.  Event details as follow:

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

Customary practices and common work habits in our daily business may entail corruption risks. To help business practitioners mitigate corruption risks at work, the Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre has recently launched a dedicated webpage named Busted! 12 Myths about Corruption. The webpage contains 12 common corruption myths about advantage, business operation, staff integrity and corruption facts.  You may check out the webpage to unveil the facts about these corruption myths.

In addition, the "BEDC Channel" is going to host an anti-corruption webinar under the same theme for local SMEs and start-ups.  Details of the webinar are as follows:

Busting Corruption "Myths" - Anti-Corruption Webinar for SMEs and Start-ups

Click here to join this Zoom webinar for FREE now.

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 include the following: 

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

With a view to consolidating the integrity awareness and anti-corruption knowledge of construction practitioners, the Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre (HKBEDC) is organising the captioned Programme under which an array of resources and training services have been launched.

"Corruption Doesn't Pay - Say NO to Illegal referral fees and rebates"

For frontline construction workers, we have produced a series of publicity and training materials to remind them not to offer bribes for employment. A leaflet featuring the key points of the anti-corruption law and common corruption traps was also produced.  Construction companies and contractors are encouraged to make use of these resources to help disseminating the message. If printed copies of the poster and pamphlet are required, please contact HKBEDC.

Regional Seminars HKBEDC has also organised two regional seminars for site supervisory staff to heighten their ethical awareness in September and December.  Due to overwhelming response, we will organise another session in the first quarter of 2022.  Subscribe to HKBEDC's e-alert if you don't want to miss out on our next seminar.

More ethical resources for the construction industry will be launched soon.  Click here to visit our dedicated webpage for the construction industry and find out more.

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 October include the following: 

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