In its dedication to promoting ethical and professional values in the investing world, CFA Society Pakistan organized an Ethics Roadshow that brought Ethical Decision-Making Workshops to local regulators and industry associations.
CFA Society Pakistan organized a series of live Ethical Decision-Making Workshops led by Alan Lok, CFA, Director of Ethics Education and Professional Standards (Asia-Pacific region). The workshops use a case-based approach, which allows participants to discuss how to analyze, address, and act on critical ethical dilemmas that investment industry professionals may confront in the workplace. The society also took advantage of the workshops to have some of their members begin training to conduct the workshops themselves.
Reaching more than 300 people, audiences in ten different workshops included prominent industry participants and corporate leaders at the Pakistan Institute for Corporate Governance (PICG), compliance heads of asset management companies at the Mutual Fund Association of Pakistan (MUFAP), senior and mid-level managers at the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), and senior and mid-level managers and operational staff at the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP).
By organizing the Ethical Decision-Making Workshops with key financial organizations in the region, Mohammad Shoaib, CFA, Advocacy Chair for CFA Society Pakistan, said, “We are focused on promoting the best ethical practices in the investment profession in Pakistan and the visit by Alan Lok has provided a kick start to our work in this area. We had overwhelming response from regulators, investment practitioners, and corporate governance bodies on these workshops, and there was so much enthusiasm about them that we conducted a total of 10 workshops in three days, training more than 300 participants. We aspire to organize 30 more sessions in the next six months as we get 11 senior society members trained by Alan under the Train-the-Trainer Ethics Program.”
The Train-the-Trainer Ethics Program, a unique opportunity to develop highly skilled and talented ethics trainers, will equip CFA Society Pakistan to build and strengthen relationships with key stakeholders and demonstrate an ongoing commitment to promote ethically grounded investment professionals.
On the success of the Ethical Decision-Making Workshops and the Train-the-Trainer Program debut, Shoaib said, “This is a great example of collaboration between CFA Society Pakistan and CFA Institute, and I am sure other societies can easily replicate this model.”
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