Mr. Chui (Representative of ICAC) was the speaker and his topic named "Professional Integrity and Managing Staff Integrity". The workshop content included importance of professional integrity, corruption prone areas in Testing and Certification (T&C) industry, Legal and administrative controls, Key to integrity management and corruption prevention service of ICAC.
Mr. Chui said one of important elements on T&C Industry is Integrity. Hong Kong's competitive edge is High Professional Integrity plus Good Corporate Governance. The following table showed the corruption prone areas.
Three test of Professional Integrity mentioned by Mr. Chui included "Legal Test", "Compliance Test" and "Sunshine Test".
Then he briefed the legal control over corruption by the law "Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (PBO)" which ensured fair-play, protected interest of stakeholders and prevented breach of trust between agent and principal. Per Legal Test, PBO section 9 stated for private sector.
"Advantage" is almost included everything but entertainment. The following items are defined advantage:
PBO section 8 stated for offering advantage to public servants during official dealings.
PBO section 9 (3) stated the use of false documents
For Compliance Test, HKAS accredited organization should follow the HKAS 002 regulation such as clause 5.7, 5.12 and HKAS Supplementary Criteria No. 6, as well as, company Code of Conduct / Internal Regulations. Other compliance code such as International Federation of Inspection Agencies which had 5 compliance principles.
1. Integrity
2. Conflicts of interest
3. Confidentiality
4. Anti-bribery
5. Fair marketing
The last test named "Sunshine test". You needed to ask yourself two questions below.
For risk management, it was suggested to:
1. Strengthening system control
2. Managing staff integrity
3. Cultivating an ethical culture
Reference:
HKAS - http://www.itc.gov.hk/en/quality/hkas/about.htm
Hong Kong Ethics Development Centre (HKEDC) - http://www.hkedc.icac.hk/
ICAC guide book - http://www.icac.org.hk/filemanager/en/Content_1031/t_and_c.pdf
HKAS Supplementary Criteria No. 6 on Code of Conduct - http://www.itc.gov.hk/en/quality/hkas/doc/SupplementaryCriteria/HKAS_SC006.pdf
20111103 - Ethical Management Seminar for Testing and Certification Industry - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2011/11/ethical-management-seminar-for-testing.html
"Advantage" is almost included everything but entertainment. The following items are defined advantage:
- Gift, loan, fee, reward or commission
- Employment or contract
- Payment, release or discharge of loan or liability
- Service or favour (except entertainment)
- Exercise of any right or power
- Food and drinks provided for immediate consumption
- Any other entertainment connected with at the same time
PBO section 8 stated for offering advantage to public servants during official dealings.
PBO section 9 (3) stated the use of false documents
For Compliance Test, HKAS accredited organization should follow the HKAS 002 regulation such as clause 5.7, 5.12 and HKAS Supplementary Criteria No. 6, as well as, company Code of Conduct / Internal Regulations. Other compliance code such as International Federation of Inspection Agencies which had 5 compliance principles.
1. Integrity
2. Conflicts of interest
3. Confidentiality
4. Anti-bribery
5. Fair marketing
The last test named "Sunshine test". You needed to ask yourself two questions below.
- Am I willing to discuss the issue openly?
- Can I disclose my decision without misgivings to others?
For risk management, it was suggested to:
1. Strengthening system control
2. Managing staff integrity
3. Cultivating an ethical culture
Reference:
HKAS - http://www.itc.gov.hk/en/quality/hkas/about.htm
Hong Kong Ethics Development Centre (HKEDC) - http://www.hkedc.icac.hk/
ICAC guide book - http://www.icac.org.hk/filemanager/en/Content_1031/t_and_c.pdf
HKAS Supplementary Criteria No. 6 on Code of Conduct - http://www.itc.gov.hk/en/quality/hkas/doc/SupplementaryCriteria/HKAS_SC006.pdf
20111103 - Ethical Management Seminar for Testing and Certification Industry - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2011/11/ethical-management-seminar-for-testing.html
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