Fighting foreign bribery and strengthening government procurement processes are key to addressing corruption in international trade. Companies who bribe foreign officials are on the “supply side” of international corruption. Transparency International’s latest Progress Report on foreign bribery enforcement found that government efforts to stop this practice are lacking. Last week, 20 of Transparency International’s European […]
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Huguette Labelle at the OECD Forum
Transparency International’s chair Huguette Labelle explains that fighting corruption is vital in restoring trust in markets and governments. Huguette Labelle is attending the OECD Forum in Paris, where she will speak at the panel on anti-corruption and tax havens. [flv:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgsRLiAA7ok 470 382] Yesterday Transparency International published its progress report on implementation of the OECD anti-bribery […]
Who’s responsible for Corporate Social Responsibility?
TI released its progress report on the OECD Anti-Bribery convention this week. Meanwhile, a new survey says that almost 1 in 5 company employees consider it acceptable to pay bribes to win or retain business. Deborah Hardoon, Senior Research Coordinator at TI, considers business responsibility. Milton Friedman’s view that a company’s only social responsibility is […]
G20 action against foreign bribery
Today Transparency International publishes a progress report showing implementation of the OECD anti-bribery convention is losing momentum, with no countries having stepped up their enforcement enough to move between active, moderate and low in the last year. The OECD itself is certainly working hard to keep up momentum in the fight against corruption and bribery, […]
How Are You Changing the Rules of the Game?
Looking back at Bangkok Last November, the 14th International Anti-Corruption Conference took place in Bangkok. It brought together civil society, the private and public sectors, academics and about 130 journalists from 123 countries to discuss the challenges facing the world today. If you were not able to get to Bangkok, you do not have to […]
150 countries have now ratified the anti-corruption convention
At the start of March Thailand and Iceland ratified the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). UNCAC, signed in 2003, is a global framework for fighting corruption. In principle, countries agree to criminalise various corrupt acts such as bribery and embezzlement; they provide legal assistance to other countries bringing the corrupt to justice; they appoint independent […]
EU accession and member states should publish their UNCAC self-assessment reports!
The six EU accession and member states (Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, France, Lithuania and Spain) that are part of the first year of the very first review cycle under the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC, see treaty text here) should follow the good example of those State Parties that have already made their self- assessment reports […]
Looking back at Davos – Part two
Cobus de Swardt, Managing Director at Transparency International, reflects on the G20, the historic events in the Middle East, and social media and transparency at the 2011 Davos meeting: Looking back, I was struck that there was no longer a great sense of urgency about the economic crisis. Even though the G20 was on the […]
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