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Workshop
Business abroad: how to manage corruption risks?
19 November 2010
Chantal HébetteChair Transparency International Belgium
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What is Transparency International?
created in 1993
Transparency International exists to create change towards a world free of corruption; to challenge the inevitability of corruption
global movement and world-wide network of national chapters in over 90 countries
National Chapters around the world
How does TI define corruption?
Corruption is…
…the abuse of entrusted power for private gain.
INTEGRITY
Government & Public Sector
Civil SocietyPrivate Sector
o fights corruption at its rootso analyses and diagnoses
corruption o develops coalitions with
governments & public sector, private sector, civil society
o is politically non-partisano does not undertake
investigationso combines local and
international expertise
TI’s approach
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TI Toolssuch as: research
National Integrity Studies (NIS) Global Corruption Reports (GCR)
indices Corruption Perceptions Index Bribe Payers Index Global Corruption Barometer
business Business Principles and self-assessment
tools Integrity Pacts (between business and
government with civil society monitoring)
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TI’s Global Priorities
o reduce corruption in politics (e.g. political party and campaign financing)
o curb corruption in public contractingo enhance private sector anti-corruption standards
(e.g. Business Principles)o advance and monitor implementation of
international conventions against corruption (UNCAC, OECD)
o reduce corruption in poverty and development
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The Belgian Chapter
o created in 1995
o reactivated in October 2008. Executive team
o action fields
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TI-Belgium Action Fields
1. promote and mesure integrityo National Integrity System (NIS) for Belgium
2. curb corruption in public contracting o training in Public Procurement for Belgian civil
servants (OLAF)
3. promote public whistleblowing policy
4. reduce corruption in politics o “Transparency & Politics”: 2 inquiries & follow-
upo financing of Belgian political parties(GRECO)
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TI-Belgium‘s Action Fields
5. enhance private sector anti-corruption standards
o “Corporate Package”o “Banks & Ethics” academic think-tank, debates o follow-up of TRAC (Transparency in reporting on
anti-corruption)
6. participate in international studies & monitor international conventions
o Studies: Sanctions; Statute of limitations; Export credit agencies.
o OECD convention. GRECO reports
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Companies should put fight against corruption high on their agendas
International consensus about the fact that corruption:
o is a brake on economic development
o distorts national and international trade
o jeopardizes sound governance and ethics in the private sector
o undermines democracy and the rule of law
o is one of the most serious obstacles to reducing poverty
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o Belgian companies o doing business in US, shares listed in US, acting on behalf
of US company: FCPA o with part of business in UK: Bribery Act (April 2011)
extra-territorial application/ high fines/ imprisonment of individuals
o Long term: sanctions in 5-7 years for acts committed today
o Fair play is good business: cost of bribery/ good to work with/for & invest in clean company
o Goes beyond legal compliance: adequate procedures
Companies should put fight against corruption high on their agendas
Programme
8:10 8:30 Reception
8:30 8:40 Welcome Chantal Hébette,Chair Transparency International
8:40 9:25 Foreign corruption: consequences for Belgian companies
Pascale Helene Dubois, Sanctions Evaluation and Suspension Officer, World Bank
9:25 10:10 Foreign corruption: concrete Belgian cases
Evert-Jan Lammers, Managing Partner Triforensic, Executive professor at the Antwerp Management School
10:10 10 :30 Coffee break
10 :30 11 :15 How preventive anti-money laundering measures contribute to fighting corruption
Jean Spreutels, Judge at the Constitutional Court, professor at ULB, former Chair of the Belgian Financial Intelligence Unit (CTIF)
11:15 12:00 Social costs of corruption and collective action. An agenda for action
Djordjija Petkoski, Professor at the Wharton School, Head of the Business, Competitiveness and Development team at the World Bank Institute
12:00 12:35 Panel Q&A
12:35 12:40 Concluding remarks Chantal Hébette
12 :40 13 :30 Light Lunch and networking