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Current Workshop: The Guardian Role of Accounting Professionals in Combating Corruption (Physical attendance)

Event Code : 20260731

Highlights

1. The Corruption Landscape and the Ethical Role of Accounting Professionals
- Overview of the current corruption landscape
- Hong Kong’s clean and fair business environment as a competitive advantage
- The ethical role of accountant professionals in safeguarding integrity and public trust

2. Corruption Risks and Legal Compliance
- Legal and regulatory framework against bribery and related malpractices (e.g. fraud, money laundering)
- Managing conflicts of interest
- ICAC case illustrations

3. Accounting Professionals as Gatekeepers of integrity
- Professional codes of ethics and regulatory requirements
- Common ethical pitfalls and lessons drawn from case studies
- Strengthening ethical decision making
- Practical tools for navigating ethical dilemmas

4. Strengthening Corporate Governance through Professional Practice
- Implementing anti-corruption policies and compliance programme
- Whistleblowing and reporting corruption
- Promoting an ethical culture from tone at the top to daily operations

5. ICAC services and resources
- Reporting corruption and confidentiality safeguards
- Integrity management resources for accounting professionals

Speaker(s)

Mr Elvis Law, Senior Corruption Prevention Officer of Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre, ICAC

Mr Law currently serves as a Senior Corruption Prevention Officer of the Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre (HKBEDC) of the ICAC to promote business and professional ethics amongst the business community, and offer practical corruption prevention advice to organisations through system and procedural reviews.

Over the years, Mr Law has accrued extensive experience in liaising with various sectors and delivering corruption prevention seminars to personnel from government departments, public bodies, private corporations, and professional bodies. Mr Law has also actively promoted ICAC’s corruption prevention philosophy to delegations and visitors from the Chinese Mainland and overseas.

Date:

2026-07-31

Time:

02:30 PM - 05:00 PM

Venue:

Open area near Café 1974 on G/F of ICAC Headquarters, No. 303 Java Road, North Point

Language:

Cantonese & English (no simultaneous translation)

CPD Hours:

1.5 Hours

Fee:

HK$50

Deadline:

2026-07-29

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