Preventing Corporate Corruption The Anti-Bribery Compliance Model [Paperback]

This book presents the results of a two-year international research project conducted for the?United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC) to investigate and provide solutions for reducing?bribery and corruption in corporations and institutions.?It starts with an empirical?case study on the effectiveness?of a set of self-regulation rules?adopted by multinational companies?in the energy sector. Second, it explores?the context and factors leading to corruption internationally (and?the relationships between domestic criminal law and self-regulation).?Third, it examines?guidelines for the adoption of compliance programs developed by international institutions, to serve?as models for the future. The principle result of the book is a three-pronged Anti-Bribery Corruption Model (so called ABC Model), endorsed by the United Nations,?intended as a corruption prevention tool intended to be adopted by private corporations. This work provides?a common, research-based standard for anti-bribery compliance programs, with?international applications. This work will be of interest to researchers studying Criminology and Criminal Justice, particularly in the areas of organized crime and corruption, as well as related areas like Business Ethics and Comparative International Law.

Part I: Moving towards the ABC Model: A General Overview.- Towards an Anti-bribery Compliance Model: Methods and Strategies for a Hybrid Normativity.- The Universal Approach of the United Nations Convention against Corruption.- The Private Sector Role in the Fight Against Corruption.- PublicPrivate Partnerships and Agency Problems: The Use of Incentives in Strategies to Combat Corruption.- Internal Investigations, Whistleblowing and Cooperation: The Struggle for Information in the Criminal Process.- Collective Action and Corruption.- Part II: The ABC Model.- The ABC Model.- A Draft of an Anti-Bribery Compliance Program Recommended to Corporations Operating in a Multinational Environment.- Part IIlch