Corruption and Bribery

Study: Statehouses at High Risk for Corruption

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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

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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

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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

Indexing Personal Danger

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On the Risk Management Monitor last month from Christine Kane talked about the most dangerous countries for expats to work in. Listed were Iraq, Colombia, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan

Anti-Corruption Risk Assessments for Global Business Organizations

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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

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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

Code of Conduct – The Cornerstone of Your FCPA Compliance Program

corruptionbribery March 13, 2012 0

The cornerstone of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) compliance program is the US Federal Sentencing Guidelines (FSG). They contain seven (7) basic compliance elements that can be tailored to fit the needs and

The ethical dilemma: Saying no to corruption

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Normally, financial corruption between the public sector and the private sector is condemned on moral and legal grounds. This is what we said in the first part of this article and then we also