News and commentary about white-collar crime, enforcement, and compliance
Harry Cassin
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Andy Spalding
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Jessica Tillipman
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Bill Steinman
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Richard L. Cassin
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Elizabeth K. Spahn
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Cody Worthington
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Julie DiMauro
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Thomas Fox
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Marc Alain Bohn
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Bill Waite
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Russell A. Stamets
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Richard Bistrong
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Eric Carlson
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Global concerns about corruption are on the rise. This year alone, we have seen massive anti-corruption protests in Slovakia, South Korea, Romania and Russia.
This is not surprising as corruption underpins many of the world’s issues and it is against this background that the G20 leaders will meet on July 7-8 in Germany.… Continue Reading
The FIFA scandal reminds us that corruption remains embedded right at the top of some of the world’s institutions. And it’s not only FIFA: the almost daily reports of fines for the major Western banks for failing to prevent money laundering, or for foreign exchange and interest rates manipulation — crimes dating back to the financial crisis — show the extent to which corruption is part of the normal operating mode of transnational institutions, whether public or private.… Continue Reading
UK Prime Minister David Cameron took to the Huffington Post Saturday to blame corruption for many of the world’s problems and to urge fellow G7 leaders to do more than meet graft “with a reluctant sigh.”… Continue Reading
Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Tony Abbott MP (Image courtesy of the G20)So the G20 leaders meeting in Brisbane is over, and despite the usual distractions in the media from the world of high politics, they managed to stick to their agenda of economic and financial reform for growth.… Continue Reading
In parts 1 and 2 of this series, we introduced the concept of Collective Action and why companies should have a vested interest in using it to fight corruption.
This week, we’re going to start taking a look at different approaches to Collective Action.… Continue Reading
Australia PM Tony Abbott address the B20 SummitAt this year’s B20 Summit, held last week in Sydney, 400 business leaders laid out a blueprint to promote global economic growth and employment outcomes and make the global economy more resilient to deal with future shocks.… Continue Reading
The C20 (Civil Society 20) Governance Group has issued recommendations for G20 leaders to support economic growth through transparent institutions and enforcement mechanisms that combat foreign bribery.
The Governance Group notes that many countries have foreign bribery legislation in place, but the level of enforcement is uneven.… Continue Reading