The following is an excerpt from the collected papers of the Rencontres Economiques d’Aix-en-Provence 2011. Read the full article here. Corruption is often thought of as an economic or “white collar crime”. That ignores the greater implications of corruption, the abuse of power at the expense of the many, which perpetuates social injustice and the […]
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Civil society role in recovering stolen wealth
By Gillian Dell, International Conventions, Transparency International Some of the most cutting edge work in anti-corruption is being carried out by a small group of NGOs engaged in public interest anti-corruption litigation. Among these, a few have taken legal initiatives in France and Spain to trigger criminal investigations of assets of some African dictators. In […]
Corruption and UK businesses: Why we need the bribery act
Tetraethyl lead – a compound used in leaded petrol – was a major source of income for the international chemical firm, Innospec, before health and environmental concerns led to its abolishment in the US and Europe more than ten years ago. The poisonous chemical – which has been proven to stunt the mental development of […]
Prosecuting bribers: Canada (finally) steps up to the plate
Last month, Canada was the worst performing G7 country in Transparency International’s OECD Anti-Bribery Convention Progress Report. James M. Klotz, President of Transparency International Canada, writes about the country’s landmark first foreign bribery case. Until recently Canada had a dismal record of enforcing its anti-corruption legislation. In the 12 years since the Corruption of Foreign […]
Bribery: a barrier to good use of taxpayers’ money?
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 […]
Emissions trading and bribery investigations in Slovakia
Last month Transparency International warned that 28 OECD countries were not doing enough to investigate and prosecute alleged company bribery of foreign government officials. Emilia Sičáková-Beblavá from Transparency International Slovakia writes about one of these cases in the report, which shows how the wide impact of bribery includes efforts to tackle climate change. This year […]
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, […]
Corruption and the arms trade
This post has been written by Tobias Bock, Project Officer with Transparency International’s Defence and Security Programme. The one hundred and ninety two states of the United Nations spent last week negotiating a UN treaty to regulate the international arms trade. The Treaty’s purpose is “To elaborate a legally binding instrument on the highest possible […]
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