Updated September 5, 2012
How can businesses prevent partnering with corrupt businesses abroad and enforce ethical practices in their organizations? International Business: Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility Research Links provide resources on how organizations, countries, and individuals can fight corruption and create a competitive, honest international market. The links are divided into:
From Aston Business School (UK); posts every weekday about international developments on corporate governance; includes links to original documents and other organizations involved.
News categories related to CSR, reports on specific companies performance and corporate policies.
Links to authoritative international business news sources.
Analyzes recent papers and developments about corporate law and compliance; international initiatives in the category "Comparative Corporate Governance."
Links to news feeds on corruption and anti-corruption, from UN, Transparency International, IMF, and others.
"Commentary and news about money laundering, bribery, terrorism finance and sanctions;" written by Joe Palazzolo and Sam Rubenfeld.
Context for recent initiatives to promote corporate governance and anti-corruption measures in business.
(2010) Fourth installment: "Comprehensive Reforms, 1994 to 2009." Chinese government reforming its dual system (state and market) to combat inaccurate prices and the state and corporations benefiting at people's expense.
Includes blog commentary and developments in the business world, definitions of corporate governance (contributed by business leaders and organizations), and annotated links to major organizations.
International Corporate Governance: tables that compare "legislative systems for ten areas of relevance in corporate governance and for various countries, regions as they looked from 1980 to 1995."
(2008-2010) shows origins, major companies, government actions, and other significant events in the recent financial crisis.
Interactive timeline of events related to founding of the United State's Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and their context in American and international history. Gallery exhibits explain and analyze events with more depth. Includes original documents
"Concern over corruption liability leads companies to abandon business partners in foreign markets."
From European Union. (November 2009). Scroll to Report 325: "The close links between business and politics is the most common cause Europeans give for corruption."
"Annually assesses the existence, effectiveness, and citizen access to key national-level anti-corruption mechanisms across a diverse range of countries." Includes questions asked, key findings, and analysis of data.
Country assessments by in-country experts on corruption levels and citizen access to government processes, legal and media realities, access to field reporter notebooks.
Compiled and analyzed Transparency International Data; international perceptions of corruption between 1998-2010.
(2010, 2009) "Comparative Table of Enforcement Data Collected from the 38 Parties to the Anti-Bribery Convention"
(Data tables back to 2003) various indicators to view the state of business in various economies, steps required to do business, enforce contracts, protect investors.
133 economies examined, data tables with 100 indicators (section on Ethics and Corruption: corruption and lack of corruption often reasons why a country is lower or higher in rankings).
Foundational conventions, legislation, and governmental statements on fighting corruption in their regions.
(2003, PDF) addresses government, civilian and private sector partnerships to fight corruption.
(2011) from report to 11th National People's Congress. Eradicating corruption in "construction, sale of land use right , mines development, stated-owed property rights trading and government procurement." Videos of Congress sessions on cntv.cn.
Collection of EU laws related to fighting corruption.
Background on Corporate Governance in India and International Guidelines.
(2010, PDF) History, forms, and impact of corruption in India and how the administrators, international organizations, the private sector and citizens can fight it. CVC.gov.in has index to related cases, law materials.
Text of the original convention (2001), implementation by country, member countries, 2009 Anti-Bribery Recommendations.
Discussion and tools for understanding Bribery Act 2010.
Discussion and tools for understanding Bribery Act 2010.
Regular conferences held to continue to prevent, criminalize and work internationally to stop corruption
(2010) portal to legislative history, lay-person’s guide, international agreements.
(2000-2008)
How Treasury enforces U.S. Patriot Act, 311 Actions: "to target specific money laundering and terrorist financing risks" (311 Actions, U.S. Patriot Act). Also: tracking terrorist financing, protecting charitable organizations
To prevent business practices that are anticompetitive or deceptive or unfair to consumers; to enhance informed consumer choice...without unduly burdening legitimate business activity.
Organizations and meetings for businesses to establish partnerships and best practices.
Annotated links for banks, government financial departments, and other regulation organizations in China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand. (Most other publications on site are member-only).
Links to organizations in Canada, the United States and International, in areas such as Legal and Regulatory, Provincial Securities, Commissions, Governance Ratings, Education.
"EU's National Police Oversight Bodies and Anti-Corruption Authorities"; members' anti-corruption declarations, Best Practices report.
Short description of major legislation that protects corporate whistleblowers: "Founded in 1977, GAP is the nation’s leading whistleblower protection and advocacy organization...a nonpartisan, public interest group."
International guidelines and standards to fight corruption.
Links to international organizations by country, that deal with financial regulation, law enforcement, and financial intelligence.
Organization of international business leaders, who discuss how they handle possibilities of corruption; implementation guides for investors and for businesses.
Links to international commercial laws, conflict of laws, and litigation. Also has blogs with analysis of court cases in the news.
Communities to join, based on size of business, industry; speeches from and discussions between various business executives on why anti-corruption is vital and how to implement zero tolerance policies, while still supporting business.
Specific instances of corruption and how anti-corruption measures were implemented.
From CNN.com: innovative ways that Singapore, African and now India are addressing bribery in their governments, including an economist's idea of "legalizing certain types of bribes."
From World Bank Group. Case studies of business ethics, governance reform, stakeholder engagement.
Reports on Corporate Governance standards, based on country. Portal also has guides for businesses (includes private, state owned, and multi-national), white papers, interviews with and speeches of government officials and business professionals.
(2006) “poses a range of questions addressing risks and ethical dilemmas that companies are likely to face in weak governance zones.”
Examples of due diligence: how organizations can create their own anti-corruption and corporate governance policies and analyze those of potential business partners.
Step by step suggestions and tools for analyzing the ethics and reliability of an company; industry-specific tips as well.
From National Endowment for Democracy. Guides for private sector and emerging markets to combat corruption; case studies in different regions about how policies worked.
Written by SEC; corporations can test their knowledge of good governance.
Video scenarios to practice avoiding corruption, how to report corruption.
Collections of tools, articles, graphs, and links to support research about corruption and implementation of anti-corruption measures in businesses.
Tips, book suggestions, Federal Trade Commission guide.
Company profiles in different industries, research reports with suggested solutions, links to other corporate watchers.
Guides to international resources and organizations involved in holding corporations accountable; thorough overviews of site offerings.
Aimed at Small-to-Medium Enterprises; tools to perform due diligence: sample anti-corruption policies, corruption cases, grey areas (gifts, travel, etc.), whistle blowing, documents on how specific countries and organizations are fighting corruption.
Links to international business organizations with statistical data, multi-country comparisons, news and links to organizations dealing with Corporate Governance.
Database of private sector projects addressing corruption, publications on expert answers and practicing anti-corruption, helpdesk for questions, annotated links, links to conventions and additional “themes” in corruption (government, NGOs, etc).
Includes business cases on why it is important to fight corruption, specific cases in different countries and companies.
News, videos, analysis, and debates on how morals and ethics fit into business practices.
(2001)
(2009) from International Council on Human Rights Policy; PDF opens in new window.
(2011) Summary of DowJones's new survey on the state of corruption and corporate responses.
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