An ICAC official says the teaching of ethics to university students should be improved after a spate of alleged frauds by undergraduates and graduates.
ICAC regional officer for the northwest New Territories, Vanessa So Cheung Lai-ying, said more should be done to instil a sense of right and wrong among university students.
'Some faculties already have modules on business ethics, but students' interest in these modules is not high.
'Some faculties don't even have enough students to constitute a class.
'The students may think that this is not directly related to their professional studies,' Ms So said.
A former City University of Hong Kong student, Wong Tse-yeung, 21, was sentenced this month to nine months in prison for forging signatures on nine cheques. He embezzled more than $500,000 from the Student Union while he was its treasurer. The money was returned before the verdict.
A 21-year-old student at another university was arrested last month for allegedly stealing students' wallets and applying for credit cards with the help of the information he found inside. He was accused of using the cards to run up bills of more than $20,000.