Managing Staff Integrity

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Role of IT Professionals inCorruption Prevention
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Contents

• Corruption scene of Hong Kong
• IT a double-edged sword
• Legal and ethics issues
• ICACs services

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Corruption in Hong Kong

• Under control

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Corruption in Hong Kong

• Challenges professionalised insiders
  dishonesty cross boundary IT advancement

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IT Doubleedged Sword

• Constructive?
• Destructive?

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The Invisible Stealing Hands

• A computer operator of a bank
• Transferred the non-recorded interest from 20
  inactive deposit accounts to his personal account
• Stole 500,000

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ICAC File

• Add value transaction of Octopus card
• 4 station officers tampered with e-ticketing
  system ? no trace of
• value added
• proceeds registered
• Embezzled 200,000

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ICAC File

• IT experts breaking the safeguards?
• Syndicated corruption in the workforce?
• Unreliable vendor?

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A Simple Trick ofClick-Click

• Double click to disable the system from recording
  the transaction

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Constructive Use of IT

• Honest people
• Reliable system
• Best practices
• Ethics culture

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Integrity Risks

• Digital information/money
• Procurement
• IT security

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Corruption
An act of abuse of trust
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Prevention of Bribery Ordinance

• Both offer and recipient of a bribe are guilty
• Government
• Public bodies
• Private sector

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Prevention of Bribery Ordinance

• Prevent breach of trust
• Protect interest of stakeholders
• Ensure fair-play

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Prevention of Bribery Ordinance

• Agent (employee)
• Accepts/solicits advantages
• An act in relation to principals (employers)
  business
• Without principals consent

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Prevention of Bribery Ordinance Advantage

• Gift, loan, fee, reward or commission
• Employment or contract
• Payment, release or discharge of loan or
  liability
• Service or favour (except entertainment)
• The exercise of any right or power

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Prevention of Bribery Ordinance Entertainment

• It refers to food or drink for immediate
  consumption on any occasion.

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Prevention of Bribery Ordinance

• Agent (employee)
• Accepts/solicits advantages
• An act in relation to principals (employers)
  business
• Without principals consent

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Code of Conduct

• Legal status
• Management tool

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Corruption in Hong Kong

• Soft corruption conflicts of interest wine
  dine indebtedness

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Conflict of Interest

• Outside employment
• Clients/Business associates investment in a
  company in which you have a financial interest
• Diverting company business to personal
  business/business of close friends or relatives

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The Dos

• Declare to the employer
• Follow the doubt principle
• Dont place yourself in a position of obligation
• frequent excessive entertainment
• indebtedness

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PLUS Standards
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rofessional/Trade-related/ Company code of
conduct egal requirements ncompromising self
values unshine test
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The Dos

• Know the anti-corruption laws
• Follow companys policy
• Properly handle conflict of interest
• Be self controlled wine dine, indebtedness,
  etc

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Use of IT inEthics Management

• Timely
• Paperless
• Open door

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ICACs Services

• Law enforcement
• Prevention
• Education

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Reports / Enquiries
ICAC Report Centre or 8 Regional Offices
25 266 366 (24hrs)
GPO Box 1000, HK
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For Preventive Services, Enquiry Report

• Regional Office (Kowloon West)
• Community Relations Department
• ICAC
• ADD G/F Nathan Commercial Building,
• 434-436 Nathan Road, Kowloon
• TEL [phone]

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ICACs Services

• Law enforcement
• Prevention
• Education

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use of IT
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ethics_at_work

• Integrity risks
• Laws Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, etc
• Ethical decision making
• Basics of ethical management
• Sample code of conduct
• Directory of services

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HK Ethics Development Centre Website

• www.icac.org.hk/hkedc

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Thank You!