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Bribery and Corruption – do we need to be worried?
Transparency International released the 2010 Global Corruption Barometer just before Christmas. Included in the report was a statistic that was surprising to many – 4% of the 1291 New Zealand respondents reported paying a
Read More »Transparency International’s Latest Report on Bribery in a Nutshell
Recently published “Deterring and Punishing Corporate Bribery,” and it is worth reading. A meaty 93 pages, the document is full of useful information, from U.K. charging issues to corporate criminal liability principles under
Read More »The Bribery Act: have you acted?
The revised Bribery Act was passed in an attempt by the Government to clamp down on perceived business corruption. Companies and their business advisors have been tasked with ensuring the relevant procedures are now
Read More »Bribery Act – six steps businesses should be taking now
As a business, you may have seen references to the Bribery Act in the press and thought 'Why do I need to worry about this, I don't give or take bribes?' In fact the Act
Read More »Bribery & corruption risk management
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
Read More »Risk assess the pros and cons of Self Reporting
The Bribery Act throws up interesting problems. Most corporates will put in place ‘Adequate Procedures’ to prevent bribery. Successful implementation of these procedures will sometimes lead to awareness of a potential bribery
Read More »Corporate Bribery
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
Read More »Corruption, Bribery and Your Supply Chain
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
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