According to him, strong ethics and high standards of professional conduct play a vital role in the integrity and ongoing success of the investment industry. Ethics, he said, is what you do when no one is watching, and there is a need to build ethical awareness. “The problem is when markets don’t function because people don’t trust the market, people who have surplus money never go to the market,” he said. Similarly, Chair, Business Ethics, University of Lagos, Adeola Asabia, said the programme was sponsored by First Bank, to improve transparency and ethics in the market place, and to give confidence to local and foreign investors. Over 16 universities participated in this year’s edition, where the top three universities were Covenant University, Obafemi Awolowo University, and University of Lagos.

Source: The Guardian December 24, 2019 02:37 UTC