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VIDEO: The Terrain of Global Anti-Bribery Compliance Challenges

Richard Bistrong

Jul 18, 2016

VIDEO: The Terrain of Global Anti-Bribery Compliance Challenges

In the second part of their interview, Alison Taylor, Director of advisory services at BSR, a non-profit consultancy and company network focused on sustainability and CSR, and James Cohen, an expert on anti-corruption, international development, and security sector reform, share their reflections on a co-authored blog piece titled “An Organizational Response to Global Compliance Challenges.” In this video, they address: Why organizational culture is such an area of focus in t

VIDEO: Hyper-Transparency and Corporate Anti-Corruption

Richard Bistrong

Jul 14, 2016

VIDEO: Hyper-Transparency and Corporate Anti-Corruption

In part one of a two part interview, Alison Taylor, Director of advisory services at BSR, a non-profit consultancy and company network focused on sustainability and CSR, and James Cohen, an expert on anti-corruption, international development, and security sector reform, share their personal views of how recent data leaks have impacted our awareness of global corruption issues, and how that might shape the future of compliance programs. Issues addressed in this seventeen minu

An Organizational Response to Global Compliance Challenges

Richard Bistrong

Jul 11, 2016

An Organizational Response to Global Compliance Challenges

The following is part II of a guest post by Alison Taylor and James Cohen. Part I can be found here. A consensus has emerged as to what an effective anti-corruption compliance program looks like – its components and success factors. At the same time, it has become clear that compliance programs don’t exist in a vacuum; the effectiveness of any process is driven by its surrounding culture. Regulators and compliance teams are drawing inspiration from leading academic thinking o

Global Trends and Business Ethics

Richard Bistrong

Jul 5, 2016

Global Trends and Business Ethics

The following is part one of a two-part guest post by Alison Taylor and James Cohen. 2016 is only half-complete, but it’s already been a pivotal year in ethics and compliance. The Panama Papers and Unaoil data leaks have ushered in a transformed transparency environment. Due diligence approaches have come under particular pressure as it came clear that standard tools and approaches are not fit for purpose. Leading thinkers in compliance have called for Compliance 2.0, a boost

Corruption’s Impact on the Rule of Law & Security: Moving from the Vicious to the Virtuous

Dec 14, 2015

Corruption’s Impact on the Rule of Law & Security: Moving from the Vicious to the Virtuous

Today’s guest post is from James Cohen. James is a contributing as an independent expert on anti-corruption, international development, and security sector reform. He is based in Washington DC, and can be followed on Twitter at @JamesCohen82. His last post on Mapping Corruption (here), remains one of the most widely read posts’ on this blog. Photo is by Lars Plougmann from London, United Kingdom – “Just say NO to corruption” found here. No country is free from the risk of co