empowerment; provision of essential services and education and scholarship
programmes. Though adoption and reporting of CSR policies is in early stages
in Nigeria, the major problem seems to be with measurement of performance. Government has taken cognizance of this in view of the relevance of
CSR to the country’s development.
5.3
Objective 3: Promoting Adoption of Codes of Good Business Ethics in Achieving Objectives of the Corporation
5.3.1 In demonstrating its commitment to good business ethics, the Federal Government of Nigeria, enacted the Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences
Act in 2000. This Act gave legal backing to the Independent Corrupt Practices
and Other Offences Commission (ICPC).
5.3.2 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been a leading
vanguard in attracting Foreign Direct Investment as a result of its strategic
moves in combating economic and financial crimes. Its actions led to the recovery of over 11 billion Naira since its establishment. The Commission has also done much in the prevention of cash flight leading to reasonable reduction
in financial crimes, especially, money laundering.
5.3.3 Other organizations involved in the promotion of codes of good business ethics in Nigeria include the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nigerian
Stock Exchange (NSE), The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), National Insurance
Commission (NICOM) Code of Conduct Bureau, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Association of National Accountants of Nigeria
(ANAN) etc.
5.3.4 Enforcement of corporate integrity across the three levels of government by
these organizations has achieved reasonable level of success. The Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is leading the way in the enforcement of corporate governance business ethics in the banking subsector. It went beyond the drafting
of corporate governance rules to its enforcement by taking bold measures to
enforce the code in Banks as well as unilaterally correcting the breaches.
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