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The OECD Foreign Bribery Report: ‘Too Big to Debar’
“Your criminal actions raise serious questions as to whether you have the requisite personal integrity and business ethics to be a...
Richard Bistrong
Dec 15, 2014


Corruption and the Security Sector
Recently, there has been a great deal of writing about the impact of corruption on security forces. The Carnegie Endowment for...
Richard Bistrong
Dec 8, 2014


Bribery and Conflicting Messages
“Take risks” and “Don’t expose the company to bad press.” So begins a Harvard Business Review article “When Your Boss Gives You...
Richard Bistrong
Nov 30, 2014


Is It Time For A Different Look at Mapping Corruption?
Today’s guest post is by James Cohen. James is an independent international development consultant based in Ottawa, Canada. He focuses on...
Richard Bistrong
Nov 24, 2014


Why Sanctions Alone Are Not Enough: The Nigerian Model
Q: Hello Sven. I feel like I know you through your three part series in the Journal of Business Compliance, and our soon to be published...
Richard Bistrong
Nov 17, 2014


Bribery and the Classroom (not in the Classroom)
“Mr. Bistrong, in the complaint it was alleged that you were a conspirator in bribing foreign officials in multiple countries, such as...
Richard Bistrong
Nov 9, 2014


Managing Corruption Risk: A Holistic Approach
In a Control Risks White Paper (link here), “Risk, An Organizational Perspective,” author Alison Taylor (Senior Managing Director,...
Richard Bistrong
Nov 3, 2014


Bribery, Corruption and the “Social Cocoon.”
In an October 22, 2014 article in Foreign Affairs, titled “Grappling With Graft, How to Combat the Growing Corruption Epidemic” authors...
Richard Bistrong
Oct 27, 2014


“Corruption: Misunderstanding the Impact.”
As I have shared in prior blogs, from the vantage point of business class and inner city hotels, there is an unhealthy distance and an...
Richard Bistrong
Oct 20, 2014


Corruption and Compliance In Russia: A Long Term View
The following is an interview conducted via e-mail with Anatoly Yakorev, (LinkedIn Profile here), Director at the Center for Business...
Richard Bistrong
Oct 13, 2014


“Employees Facing Corruption: A Personal Reflection.”
In the Journal of Business Compliance, which was brought to my attention via Philippe Montigny (CEO, Ethic-Intelligence) and Scott...
Richard Bistrong
Oct 6, 2014


Bribery’s Other Victim: The Families
In my post Deterrence, You Had me at Being Caught, I shared my own experience with respect to incarceration and how that related to the...
Richard Bistrong
Sep 29, 2014


Corruption Prevention in South Africa
As part of my outreach to bring in the perspective of others who confront corruption on the front lines of international business, I...
Richard Bistrong
Sep 25, 2014


When Bribery Pays, People Bribe
As Alison Taylor (Senior Managing Director, Control Risks) stated in a recent Forbes Article, “Compliance and Risk: Clearing the Org...
Richard Bistrong
Sep 22, 2014


Bribery at the “Sharp End.” Lessons from the field.
To many, an understanding of corruption, bribery and compliance comes from the field of regulators, auditors, investigators and...
Richard Bistrong
Sep 17, 2014


Third Parties and the Red Flags You Don’t See*
Recently, I was reading a White Paper by Dun and Bradstreet titled “Anti-Bribery and Corruption Compliance for Third Parties: Is an off...
Richard Bistrong
Sep 15, 2014


EY Fraud Survey & Compliance Fatigue. Do as I say not as I do.
A few weeks ago I posted “EY Global Fraud Survey: “Depressing,” yes, surprising, no” and shortly thereafter, Philipp Kloeber, Consultant...
Richard Bistrong
Sep 8, 2014


Corruption, Risk and Business Strategy. Which one manages the others?
Since I stared writing about issues relating to compliance at the front line of international business, I have found myself looking more...
Richard Bistrong
Sep 2, 2014


EY Global Fraud Survey: “Depressing,” yes, surprising, no.
In an August 21, 2014 post on the Network GRC Blog, concerning the Ernst and Young (EY) 12th Global Fraud Survey (link here for EY...
Richard Bistrong
Aug 25, 2014


Bribery & Deterrence: A Tale of Two Sentences
In an August 11, 2014 article (www.thebirberyact.com) “Supersize me: Innospec 4 sentencing remarks do much more than they say on the...
Richard Bistrong
Aug 18, 2014
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