Hong Kong, China (May 7, 2008) /China Newswire/ — Asia's first ever Corporate Ethics & Compliance Asia conference will be held from 27 – 29 May 2008 at Conrad Hotel, Hong Kong. This important and timely conference delivers real-life experiences of in-house counsel and compliance officers on how they have met the challenge of implementing Corporate Ethics & Compliance programmes across Asia Pacific.

Although organisations may pay lip-service to ethics, implementing a raft of Corporate Social Responsibility measures, driving good intentions and policies down to grass-roots level takes planning, commitment and masterful marketing.

•What elements make a Code of Conduct work?
•Why should you audit your compliance programme?
•Where should you focus your energy when conducting risk assessments?
•How to train thousands of employees globally in multiple jurisdictions?
•How to extend your programmes to business partners and throughout your supply chain?

Global leaders and advisors such as White & Case, Deloitte, Swenson Advisors, Corpedia and the Red Flag Group will give you the benefit of their expertise, plus Heads of Compliance and Legal Services from pioneering companies such as:

•AIG
•Hitachi Data Systems
•Shell International
•Sun Microsystems
•Target Corporation
•Zurich Bank

will give you invaluable advice on how to move away from a box-ticking role to that of true business partner.

Apart from the 2 day conference, There will be 2 pre-conference workshops on 27 of May. White & Case will be running the Compliance in China: Emerging Issues, Challenges and the complexity of doing business in the Middle Kingdom; and Forum Asia will focus on Change Management and Influencing Skills.

Corporate Ethics & Compliance Asia is proudly sponsored by Corpedia, Hewlett Packard, Red Flag Group, Swenson Associates, The Integrity Portal and White & Case.

It is supported by local and international associations, including Asia Competition and Compliance Practitioners Forum, Australasian Compliance Institute, Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics, Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies, Centre for Sustainability and Excellence, Community Business, CSR Asia, Ethics & Compliance Officer Association, Future 500, Hong Kong Corporate Counsel Association, Institute of Crisis and Risk Management, Institute of Compliance Officers and World Council for Corporate Governance.

It is also supported by online & print media including AsiaInt.com, Asia Monitor, ChinaCSR.com, China Knowledge, ChinaNewswire.com, China Sourcing News, ethics World and Ethisphere.

For the latest programme update and speaker details, please visit www.EthicsAsia.com.

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