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Author Kochan, Nick

Title Corruption : the new corporate challenge / Nick Kochan and Robin Goodyear
Published London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
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Description 1 online resource (xx, 295 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents List of figures and table -- Preface: a time to act on corruption -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword from Richard Alderman, Director, UK Serious Fraud Office -- -- Introduction: Corruption and bribery: the global context -- -- Part I: Threats -- 1 The threats: Economic, social, and political effects of corruption and bribery -- -- Part II: Law -- 2 The global legal context -- 3 British bribery legislation: How the UK Bribery Act came about -- 4 The UK Bribery Act ₆ Britain's new legal landscape -- -- Part III: Corporate response -- 5 The geographic factor -- 6 The sectoral factor -- 7 Third party risk and corporate exposure: How can the -- company get involved, and why? -- 8 Spotting, stopping, and combating corporate -- Corruption -- 9 Who would be a director? Directors' liability -- -- Part IV: The law enforcement response -- 10 Forces fighting bribery -- 11 Global efforts: battling against the chain of corruption -- 12 Curbing bribery and the way forward: anti-bribery -- processes, for companies, police, and the courts -- -- -- Conclusion: bribery and corruption, the unfinished -- business -- -- Appendices: -- 1 Case study: phone hacking and corruption -- 2 Interview with Richard Alderman, June 27, 2011 -- 3 Maplecroft's Business Integrity and Corruption Index 2011 -- Notes -- Index
Summary Concerns about corruption have advanced rapidly up the list of priorities for companies throughout the world. Today, firms of every size are under particular pressure as the recently passed UK Bribery Act places some onerous obligations on their directors and employees. Now, for the first time, corporate strategy and responsibility have been analysed in the context of the new law, as well as that of previous statutes and the law of other countries. This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the new legal and political landscape and examines future issues in compliance and enforcement. Corruption: The New Corporate Challenge surveys the roots of corruption, outlines worldwide efforts to combat the problem, and explores enforcement and policy choices for businesses faced with a new international environment that is ever more hostile to corruption Numerous case studies and practical compliance tips provide businesses with the knowledge needed to operate in high-risk industrial sectors and geographical regions. The authors have conducted extensive interviews with senior figures in law enforcement, academics and lawyers to explore likely developments in the law, and predict how it might be enforced. This book is essential reading not only for businesses that seek advice on tailoring compliance regimes but also for those wanting a deeper context to the global crackdown by governments and the courts on corruption. This is a subject that no corporation can avoid. The strongest response to the new challenge is for a company to re-evaluate its ethical standards and to impress those standards upon its employees and associates. Failure to do so could be very costly indeed
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-286) and index
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Subject Corporations -- Corrupt practices.
Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- Prevention
TRUE CRIME -- White Collar Crime.
Corporations -- Corrupt practices
Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- Prevention
Form Electronic book
Author Goodyear, Robin
ISBN 9780230343344
0230343341