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Public Order
Enforcement
The ICAC initiates prosecution for corruption and related offences and issues cautions for minor offences upon the Department of Justice's advice. Of the prosecutions completed during the year, 140 people involved in 86 cases were convicted, resulting in person-based and case-based conviction rates of 80 per cent and 83 per cent respectively. The commission also prosecuted 189 people and cautioned 31 others. At the year end, the caseload stood at 1,647, including 266 related to elections. The ICAC received 237 and 228 complaints about the 2016 Legislative Council Election and the 2016 Election Committee Subsector Elections respectively.
Prevention and Education
The ICAC helps government departments and public bodies reduce corruption risks and strengthen internal control. In 2017, it completed 63 assignment reports and provided timely advice on 490 occasions.
The commission also provides free corruption prevention advice to private organisations upon request on a confidential basis. During the year, it offered advice on 610 occasions. A corruption. prevention toolkit and training module were tailor-made for the catering industry, while a database consolidating corruption prevention resources was launched on the ICAC website for public access.
The ICAC adopts an Ethics for All approach to customise preventive education programmes to different target groups. In 2017, it conducted regular integrity training for more than 26,000 government officers, and training on ethical leadership for high-ranking civil servants and other public officials.
In the private sector, the preventive education programmes reached more than 45,000 employees, from front-line workers to top management. To cover issues relevant to listed companies, a large-scale business ethics conference was held and a video-based training package was launched for company directors and related professionals under a three-year Ethics Promotion Programme for Listed Companies co-organised with institutional stakeholders.
At the community level, the ICAC augmented the impact of its 'All for Integrity' territory-wide programme by partnering with over 800 organisations in organising probity promotion activities. The ICAC Club, with a membership of over 2,000 volunteers, marked its 20th anniversary with community events that reached more than 820,000 people.
Young people were engaged through tailor-made activities such as the ICAC Ambassador Programme and an advertising project for tertiary students, the iTeen Leadership Programme. and interactive dramas for secondary students, and a multimedia project for primary schools. A two-year Youth Integrity Fest, comprising interactive campus activities and multimedia productions, was launched. Students of the Vocational Training Council were also recruited to join the Youth Chapter of the ICAC Club to spread probity messages on campuses.
Among other initiatives, the ICAC promoted a clean Chief Executive election and highlighted its determination to safeguard the core value of probity with every generation. Multimedia
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