AICB-PET Exam Information and Outline
Professionalism and Ethics (PET)
Syllabus Update Checked on: November 6, 2026
AICB-PET Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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- Exam Format
- Online examination (Pearson VUE), 3 hours 15 minutes
- Two compulsory scenario-based questions
- 1. Banking and its Ethical Landscape (16%)
- Development of the banking industry; crises and scandals
- Building confidence and trust in banking
- 2. Ethical Theories and Models in Practice (17%)
- Ethical theories and belief-based approaches
- Ethical decision-making models and moral intensity
- Unethical behaviour in banking
- 3. Ethics for Individuals (16%)
- Moral reasoning; factors influencing ethical thinking
- Ethical dilemmas and conflicts of interest
- 4. Ethics, Regulation and Law in Financial Services (18%)
- Theories of regulation and regulatory failures
- Data privacy and information security
- Bribery, corruption, misrepresentation and competition
- Money laundering, sanctions violations and tax fraud
- Bullying and discrimination
- Open banking, digital innovation and artificial intelligence
- 5. Ethics and the Organisation (17%)
- Organisational values, culture and tone at the top
- Corporate codes of ethics; stakeholder and social contract theories
- Sustainable financing, financial inclusion and value-based intermediation
- 6. Corporate Governance (16%)
- Agency and stewardship theories
- Regulatory regimes and the role of BNM
- The board of directors