In many developing countries, petty corruption is rampant to the degree of being deemed “everyday,” “cultural,” or even “survival” corruption. Small, usually frequent payments most often paid to lower level officials, petty corruption can seem negligible to an economy in comparison to grand corruption or state capture cases. However, the cumulative impact of corruption… Read More
A few hundred rupees for the government ambulance to get your sick grandmother to the hospital in time; some extra shillings to your local school administrator to ensure your child is admitted to the best school; and a couple dollars to appease the police officer so you are not late for your important meeting, each… Read More
The annual 2015 Kroll Global Fraud Report finds that fraud has continued to increase and businesses are more vulnerable and at risk than ever before. A reported 75 percent of 768 senior executives representing a broad range of industries and regions in the survey experienced a fraud incident last year – and 81 percent of… Read More
Joel Ameyou is a corporate lawyer, who comes from Lome, Togo in West Africa where he serves as the Chief Compliance Auditor for the Togo Revenue Authority. Prior to working in the public sector, he worked as a Legal Assistant for Tax and Laws, Ecobank and Cabinet Sylvia Aquereburu, one of the leading legal firms in… Read More
Anwar Hashmi is a Senior Consultant within Global Ethics & Compliance at Integrity Leadership Partners, LLC in the Washington DC Metro Area. He has over 14 years of experience in designing, developing, and implementing Global Ethics Programs at Tata Steel, a global Fortune 500 company and Tata Group’s flagship company. Hashmi has been associated with… Read More
The good news according to the 2015 Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC) Benchmarking Report is that many risks have plateaued since the report’s launch in 2011. The bad news is that the survey answers still paint a discouraging picture of compliance officers’ struggles to implement a global strategy for anti-bribery compliance and to tame vendor and… Read More