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Bribery & corruption risk management

corruptionbribery March 22, 2012 0

The employees who make the purchasing decisions in your organisation may not be basing their selections on the best interests of the business. Rather than following a transparent process, employees may instead be influenced

Corporate Bribery

corruptionbribery March 20, 2012 0

Corporate bribery; Illegal or a necessity, this seems to be the ethical question many corporations and businesses are asking themselves. When asked if we would ever consider giving a bribe to move a business

Corruption, Bribery and Your Supply Chain

corruptionbribery March 19, 2012 0

Despite the giving and receiving of bribes being wholly illegal in the United Kingdom, such practices are considered commonplace in other nations across the world. The received wisdom is that paying bribes and going

Study: Statehouses at High Risk for Corruption

corruptionbribery March 19, 2012 1

State governments lack transparency and accountability to citizens, and remain at high risk for corruption, according to a new study of all 50 statehouses. Not a single state received an A in the State Integrity

New York: U.S. anti-corruption setbacks seen having little impact on company strategies

corruptionbribery March 16, 2012 0

The U.S. Justice Department has suffered a string of setbacks in its efforts to enforce the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, including two this week, but it retains sufficient leverage to persuade companies to settle

Ethics Matters

corruptionbribery March 15, 2012 0

Ellis began his posting by stating, “In Latin America, a company’s reputation matters.” He based this statement on a recent survey, conducted by Germany’s Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance, which sought to assess how incentives

Anti-Corruption Risk Assessments for Global Business Organizations

corruptionbribery March 14, 2012 0

Until recently, many global companies likely felt little need to conduct anti-corruption risk assessments. But that has changed dramatically, due in part, to the OECD’s 2010 good practice anti-corruption standards, which deemed risk assessment

Issues relating to bribery and corruption in M&A transactions

corruptionbribery March 14, 2012 0

The anti corruption movement is perhaps the most enduring symbol of the year 2011 in India, and is likely to dominate popular dialogue for the years to come. Although the connection between corruption and