Stumbled onto an interesting site this morning, the Business Anti-Corruption Portal. They've got a lot of nifty info. The two coolest are the Due Diligence Tools, and the Country Profiles.
The due diligence tools section contains several sample flowcharts designed to give companies a strategy for recognizing and avoiding corruption. With a statute like the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and international agreements like the UN Convention Against Corruption and the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery in International Business Transacation, it is really important that bribery does not occur. Fortunately, the FCPA does not hold offenders strictly liable as there is an element of intent.
The country profiles section uses a combination of recent reports to draw an in depth profile of corruption in almost every developing nation in the world. Very well cited, too. Each profile contains info on the nation's political climate, general info on corruption in business, the regulatory environment, a data table on types of corruption by sector, further web resources, and public and private anti-corruption initiatives in each country. Of particular interest on the China page is a paragraph on the use of agents. While recognizing that agents are commonly used and do add value, they also highly recommend conducting careful due diligence on your agents because they can and do cause quite the headaches.
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