Fidelity Bank Plc has revealed plans to participate in the 2019 edition of the Corporate Compliance and Ethics Week as part of its sustained efforts to promote ethical values and professionalism within the bank. The event commenced on Sunday, November 3rd to Friday, November 8th, 2019. The bank has organised series of engagement initiatives that are part of the annual activities around the celebration.
Corporate Compliance and Ethics Week is organised annually by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) to provide organisations with the ideal occasion to demonstrate their extensive and comprehensive compliance and ethics programmes in a manner that strengthens its ideals while educating employees.
Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, Managing Director/CEO, Fidelity Bank while commenting on the celebration, pointed out that the bank remains committed to the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in its dealings with customers.
“Guided by the Fidelity Code of Business Conduct & Ethical Policy, we expect our employees to uphold its tenets always, and act in a way that reflects the bank’s principles. We have instituted an Ethics Committee to drive this agenda and intervene in guiding staff when necessary.”
Okonkwo also promised to put the best interest of its teeming customers first, adding that strict adherence to proper ethical values has helped sustain the bank’s standing as a socially responsible organisation and good corporate citizen.
As part of the Compliance & Ethics Week, the bank will conduct a host of engaging staff activities including trivia contest, quiz and lectures. “The focus is to remind ourselves of the need to imbibe ethical values within the organisation even as we strive to build an enduring institution”, Okonkwo concluded.
For those who don’t know, Fidelity Bank is a full-fledged commercial bank operating in Nigeria with over 5 million customers who are serviced across its 250 business offices and various digital banking channels. The bank remains focused on select niche corporate banking sectors as well as Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and its currently driving its retail banking businesses through its robust digital banking channels.