To better inform global anti-corruption compliance programs, the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) is teaming up with the Global Business School Network (GBSN) to research how anti-corruption compliance training impacts worker behavior and business performance. In early July 2021, CIPE and GBSN hosted a virtual launch meeting for the research program with academics representing… Read More
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has made headlines by making its first charge against a private company using a new corporate anti-bribery provision. The agency is seeking a fine of RM321,350 ($79,000) from an offshore ship chartering company, Pristine Offshore Sdn Bhd, for using bribery to secure an oil exploration subcontract with Petronas Carigali Sdn… Read More
Reporting on corruption in Sudan was life-threatening work during the dictatorship of Omar Al-Bashir. At a recent gathering of local investigative journalists organized by the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and the Al-Khatim Adlan Center for Enlightenment (KACE), one reporter described how her car was followed and then rammed by another vehicle while she… Read More
Sudan’s pro-democratic revolution ended a long-standing autocracy, but there remains a long path ahead for improving the country’s governance. Public sector corruption threatens the emerging democracy as unscrupulous practices continue to dominate the political arena. One part of the puzzle for dealing with public corruption is a robust system for declaring the assets of government… Read More
At the end of 2020, the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) sat down with members of one of Argentina’s leading independent think tanks, Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC), to discuss the organization’s work and how it relates to CIPE’s anti-corruption efforts in Latin America. Public Management… Read More
The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) recently sat down with members of one of Mexico’s leading nonpartisan think tanks, México Evalúa, to discuss the organization’s work and how it relates to CIPE’s anti-kleptocracy efforts in Latin America. Regulation and Economic Competition Program Coordinator, María Fernanda Ballesteros and Institutional Development Officer, Liliane Mendoza, shared how… Read More