ICAC calls upon public bodies to adopt integrity management and fortify probity culture
2021-10-20
The ICAC today (October 20) called upon public bodies in Hong Kong to play an active role in adopting integrity management and support the promotion of a probity culture in their organisations.
Over 200 representatives from the management or board members of around 80 public bodies today attended the Conference on Ethical Leadership for Public Bodies hosted by the Commission. Welcoming participants at the opening ceremony, the ICAC’s Director of Community Relations Ho Wai-chi noted that the operation of public bodies had a significant impact on public interests, adding that members of the public had high expectations on the ethical conduct of public officials.
“Even a single corruption incident could ruin a public body’s reputation which might have taken the organisation many years to build up. Integrity management is hence the key to success for modern-day public bodies," Ho said.
The Community Relations Department had launched a two-year Integrity Promotion Campaign for Public Bodies in 2020/21, aiming to strengthen corruption prevention education for public bodies’ staff and members, encourage these organisations to adopt integrity management and deepen their probity culture.
A wide variety of anti-corruption education and training resources, including a one-stop thematic website, training videos, e-learning modules, integrity promotion information package, were produced for public bodies’ staff and members to enhance their awareness and understanding of the requirements of anti-corruption laws, as well as the key elements of integrity management.
At today’s conference, the ICAC Citizens Advisory Committee on Community Relations member and Chief Corporate Development Officer of CLP Power Hong Kong Limited Quince Chong Wai-yan was invited to share with participants the importance of integrity in achieving sustainable development for public bodies.
Other ICAC speakers included Director of Investigation Eric Tong Wing-tak; Assistant Director of Community Relations Corinna Wong Kit-mui and Assistant Director of Corruption Prevention Kenneth Wong Kwok-hung. They expounded on the latest corruption scene concerning public bodies, as well as the ICAC’s initiatives in promoting an ethical culture and enhancing corruption risk management system.
There are currently over 100 public bodies in Hong Kong. While the business nature, scales and operation modes of these organisations might vary, their operations and services provided are closely related to people’s livelihood and are therefore defined as “public bodies” under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
For more details about the Integrity Promotion Campaign for Public Bodies, please visit the ICAC's thematic website (https://www.icac.org.hk/pb/en).
Over 200 representatives from the management or board members of around 80 public bodies today attended the Conference on Ethical Leadership for Public Bodies hosted by the Commission. Welcoming participants at the opening ceremony, the ICAC’s Director of Community Relations Ho Wai-chi noted that the operation of public bodies had a significant impact on public interests, adding that members of the public had high expectations on the ethical conduct of public officials.
“Even a single corruption incident could ruin a public body’s reputation which might have taken the organisation many years to build up. Integrity management is hence the key to success for modern-day public bodies," Ho said.
The Community Relations Department had launched a two-year Integrity Promotion Campaign for Public Bodies in 2020/21, aiming to strengthen corruption prevention education for public bodies’ staff and members, encourage these organisations to adopt integrity management and deepen their probity culture.
A wide variety of anti-corruption education and training resources, including a one-stop thematic website, training videos, e-learning modules, integrity promotion information package, were produced for public bodies’ staff and members to enhance their awareness and understanding of the requirements of anti-corruption laws, as well as the key elements of integrity management.
At today’s conference, the ICAC Citizens Advisory Committee on Community Relations member and Chief Corporate Development Officer of CLP Power Hong Kong Limited Quince Chong Wai-yan was invited to share with participants the importance of integrity in achieving sustainable development for public bodies.
Other ICAC speakers included Director of Investigation Eric Tong Wing-tak; Assistant Director of Community Relations Corinna Wong Kit-mui and Assistant Director of Corruption Prevention Kenneth Wong Kwok-hung. They expounded on the latest corruption scene concerning public bodies, as well as the ICAC’s initiatives in promoting an ethical culture and enhancing corruption risk management system.
There are currently over 100 public bodies in Hong Kong. While the business nature, scales and operation modes of these organisations might vary, their operations and services provided are closely related to people’s livelihood and are therefore defined as “public bodies” under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
For more details about the Integrity Promotion Campaign for Public Bodies, please visit the ICAC's thematic website (https://www.icac.org.hk/pb/en).
Director of Community Relations Ho Wai-chi calls on public bodies to adopt integrity management.
Guest speaker Quince Chong Wai-yan highlights the importance of integrity management in sustainable development of public bodies.
ICAC speakers exchange views with participants at the panel discussion session.
A one-stop thematic website has been launched to enhance the awareness of public bodies’ staff and members on anti-corruption laws and integrity management.