Guidance points to ‘global best practices’

The new FCPA guidance talked about ‘an emerging international consensus on compliance best practices.’

Where to find that international consensus?

The guidance recommends these publications:

• OECD’s 2009 Anti-Bribery Recommendation (available here) and its Annex II, Good Practice Guidance on Internal Controls, Ethics, and Compliance, published in February 2010 (available in pdf here).

• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation—Anti-Corruption Code of Conduct for Business (available in pdf here);

• International Chamber of Commerce—ICC Rules on Combating Corruption (available here);

• Transparency International—Business Principles for Countering Bribery (available here);

• United Nations Global Compact—The Ten Principles (available here);

• World Bank—Integrity Compliance Guidelines (available in pdf here); and

• World Economic Forum—Partnering Against Corruption–Principles for Countering Bribery (available here).