This article originally appeared on the Russian International Affairs Council blog. By Patricia E. Dowden and Philip M. Nichols What standards should businesses observe in their own countries, or abroad? Businesses now have resources and influence that rival or surpass those of governments and certainly of ordinary people.[1] The choices businesses make can profoundly influence… Read More
By Evelyn M. Suarez On November 27, 2014, the World Trade Organization (WTO) was finally able to overcome an impasse created by India in July which prevented implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement reached in Bali in December 7, 2013. As described by WTO Director General (DG) Azevedo, “the impasse related to the political link… Read More
By Rick Messick The World Bank’s Integrity Vice-Presidency is celebrating its 15th anniversary. It recently asked a number of individuals for their thoughts on the anticorruption movement over the past 15 years. INT’s questions and my replies below. 1) How has the anti-corruption movement changed in the past 15 years? Fifteen years ago consensus about corruption… Read More
By Junior Kayembe N’Kashama Building a robust ethics and compliance program is key to managing risk in today’s complex world of global business. That is why understanding best practices and the state of compliance infrastructure among companies is an important step toward better compliance across the board. Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) and… Read More
Without a strong compliance program, many smaller Russian firms could be locked out of lucrative contracts with big multinationals. By Henry Nelson In countries with weak rule of law, anti-corruption efforts suffer from a collective action problem: because bribery and corruption are endemic and occur frequently, individual small business owners hesitate to reform because they… Read More
By Shrey Goyal, 2013 CIPE Blog Competition Winner. Read the other winning blogs here. A few months ago, the Global Corruption Barometer 2013 by Transparency International (TI) told us that 47 percent of Indians think corruption is a serious problem in our public sector, and 68 percent feel the government is ineffective against it, with… Read More