Bribery and Corruption How to Be an Impeccable and Profitable Corporate Citizen

Contents: Foreword; Noble cause corruption; Part I Background on Corruption Laws: A bit of dodgy history; The main conventions; UK and US regulatory agencies. Part II The Bribery Act 2010 and Friends: Objectives and limitations; Main sections of the Bribery Act; Enforcement, penalties and sentencing; Other relevant UK legislation and guidelines; US and worldwide legislation and guidelines. Part III The Taxonomy of Corruption: Introduction to a universal problem; Sectoral corruption; The mechanics of corruption; Examples of high-risk processes and contexts. Part IV Risk Assessment: The nature of risk: Management and catalogues; Analysing vulnerable contexts; Analysing secondary risks. Part V Exposing Corruption: Introduction and background; Critical point auditing; Manual tests. Part VI Background on Effective Controls: Introduction on the nature of controls; Control tools and misconceptions; The inspiring integrity campaign; Standards, guidelines forms and basic training ; Due diligence, incident reporting and contingency planning and protection of information; Contractual controls and personnel procedures; Accounting procedures, fidelity and other insurance. Part VII Additional Anti-Bribery Controls: Introduction, principles and policies; Additional anti-corruption strategies; More on high risk aspects; Facilitation payments, gifts and third-party agents; Joint ventures, acquisitions and initial public offerings; Some other problem areas. Part VIII Internal and Regulatory Investigations: Background and strategy to internal investigations; Key elements and case-handling; Regulatory investigations; Negotiating settlements and going to court; Index.