A SCHOOL will be set up next year to give business executives lessons on how to avoid corruption.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) says it also expects to launch a renewed education campaign at schools and universities.
ICAC community relations director Eddie So said in the drive to strike business deals and relationships on the mainland, many firms appeared to be neglecting internal controls.
There was also a potential for ethics to be undermined.
'We feel business expansion on too quick a scale is troubling,' he said.
'Internal controls are becoming very, very fragile - if not ineffective - because of this expansion into China.
'If the community does not take this problem seriously, it is going to affect our reputation as being one of the best places in the world in which to do business.