Anti-bribery risk assessment

Autore: Gruetzner T.  Casa Editrice: Hart Publishing  Anno Edizione: 2011 Edizione: 1 ISBN: 9781849461290 Pagine: 500 Costo: 272,50 Euro (*) Materia: Diritto internazionale privato Diritto penale e processuale penale Lingua: Inglese

For the global economy, corruption is dangerous. The consequence is economic decay, not development. And that's why corruption demands a truly global response, one that knows no limits on collaboration. ~ US Attorney General Eric H. Holder at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in May 2010 *** The fight against corruption and bribery is backed by numerous global and regional agreements and conventions, supplemented by national legislation and practice, such as the Convention of the OECD on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (1997), the UN Convention against Corruption (2005), the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (1997), the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption of the Council of Europe (2002), the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (2006), and many more. Although most countries use their best endeavors to reduce corruption within their jurisdiction, the effects of th