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Preventing Corruption
WHEN A CORPORATE SCANDAL throws a company into crisis or even destroys it, many onlookers’ reaction is that the people involved must have been immoral. Certainly they, the onlookers, would never become involved in
Read More »Corporate Responsibility for Improved Business Ethics
Business ethics – it’s far more than a buzz phrase. Business ethics are a real concern and there is a corporate responsibility to reduce corruption and improve accountability. Through the implementation of business ethics
Read More »Rooting out bribery in business
Corruption isn't only limited to government and corporations, even designers have been found guilty of bribing A-list celebrities to wear their gowns on the red carpet. The Oscars are looming and designers and fashion houses
Read More »Bribery – The ultimate ethical dilemma
"Ethics Must Be Global, Not Local” written by Bill George and it got me thinking about how as people, we tend to not care about whether or not our decisions are ethical if there
Read More »UK Bribery Act: how to ensure your company measures up
Six months after the start of the UK Bribery Act, many companies are working hard to implement anti-bribery procedures. The Bribery Act makes it illegal for companies to fail to prevent bribery. The best
Read More »Business ethics and anti-corruption update from Norton Rose
Innospec Ltd's former global sales and marketing director, David Turner, pleaded guilty to three criminal charges of conspiracy to corrupt at London's Southwark Crown Court. Dr Turner pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to
Read More »Apple Asks Fair Labor Association For Special Foxconn Audits
Apple Inc.’s announcement Feb. 13 that it has asked the Fair Labor Association to conduct “special voluntary audits” of working conditions at the plants of Chinese suppliers follows a growing wave of unaccustomed adverse
Read More »Top 5 Misconceptions About The FCPA
Bad information is often worse than no information. There is a tremendous amount of noise in the discussion around FCPA. Not only noise, but anti-signal. That is, not just bad information,
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