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Corruption, Regime Change & Risk
Recently, I have been reading and blogging on a number of different papers, guides and articles that deal with the challenges of foreign...
Richard Bistrong
Aug 13, 2014


Corruption & Procurement: Bribery “Thrives in the Dark.”
In the July 31, 2014 edition of the Jakarta Post there was a featured article “Smith & Wesson bribery scandal involves National
Police...
Richard Bistrong
Aug 5, 2014


Benchmarking Bribery and Corruption: “Vet it and forget it.”
On my own “must read” stack has been sitting the “2014 Anti-Bribery and Corruption Benchmarking Report, Untangling the Web of Risk and...
Richard Bistrong
Jul 28, 2014


Excellence in Anti-Corruption Compliance Day
On June 23rd, 2014, I had an opportunity to participate in “Excellence in Anti-Corruption Compliance Day” as hosted by Ethic...
Richard Bistrong
Jul 25, 2014


The C-Suite Crucible and International Business: “Motivated Blindness”
In the June 2013 issue of Business Compliance (Baltzer Science Publisher, Anthony Smith-Meyer, Editor), Scott Killingsworth (Partner,...
Richard Bistrong
Jul 22, 2014


How To Pay A Bribe: Solutions that Explode
Over the past few weeks I have had a chance to read How To Pay A Bribe, Thinking Like a Criminal to Thwart Bribery Schemes (2014, edited...
Richard Bistrong
Jul 15, 2014


Deterrence: You had me at “being caught.”
At my sentencing hearing, Judge Richard Leon stated that he had no doubt that I had been ultimately deterred, and added “Have you made a...
Richard Bistrong
Jul 7, 2014


“Countering Small Bribes.” A Personal Perspective on the Guidance by Transparency International
First, whenever I read a paper, book or guidance about “how to pay a bribe,” or “how to avoid a bribe,” etc., it is always with some...
Richard Bistrong
Jun 30, 2014


The Illusion of No Victims: The Final Component of “Rationalizing Bribery.”
As Andy Spalding, Assistant Professor at the University of Richmond School of Law and Senior Editor of the FCPA Blog stated in a recent...
Richard Bistrong
Jun 24, 2014


A Presentation to Compliance Professionals: Rationalization Not Justification
On Thursday June 12, 2014, I was asked by Mike Kenealy (FCPA IntegrityCOO) & Craig Chadwick (Global Secure Summit) to address a group of...
Richard Bistrong
Jun 16, 2014


Is Anti-Corruption a Business or Legal Issue?
Used with permission from Mak Yuen Teen On June 5, 2014, Philippe Montigny, President of Ethic Intelligence (www.ethic-intelligence.com)...
Richard Bistrong
Jun 9, 2014


Bribery, Business Strategy and Plausible Deniability
Can business strategy in itself be a red-flag of corporate corruption? In one word, yes, and I discuss how in a recent guest blog (May...
Richard Bistrong
May 29, 2014


The Esquenazi Appeal: A Sales Perspective
I use the picture above as a symbol to ask a question: If one of these individuals represents an “instrumentality” as defined and...
Richard Bistrong
May 21, 2014


Rationalizing Bribery: Corruption Has No Witness.
This is part three of my four part series on how I “Rationalized Bribery.” It addresses the reality that there are usually no witnesses...
Richard Bistrong
May 13, 2014


Corruption: A Lesson for Tomorrow’s Professionals
Guest speaking on May 6, 2014 at Fordham University. “Contemporary Issues in Forensic Accounting.” I shared with the students my...
Richard Bistrong
May 8, 2014


Rationalizing Risk: Compliance as “Bonus Prevention”
As part of my series on “Rationalizing Bribery,” I now turn to the issue of personal incentive compensation. As tweeted by Ben DiPietro,...
Richard Bistrong
May 4, 2014


Rationalizing Bribery: A Perfect Storm from the Field of International Sales.
On April 23, 2014 I was interviewed by Chris Matthews, Wall Street Journal Reporter, at the Dow Jones Global Compliance Symposium, in a...
Richard Bistrong
Apr 24, 2014
GSK, “Free Samples,” and a New Business Model.
On April 16th, 2014 Hester Plumridge and Christopher M. Matthews, Wall Street Journal, reported that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is...
Richard Bistrong
Apr 21, 2014
“Why Transformation Efforts Fail,” Final Lessons.
David Stulb, Global Leader for Ernst & Young, Investigation & Dispute Services, in introducing Maryam Hussain’s recent book Corporate...
Richard Bistrong
Apr 15, 2014
“How to Bribe” by Transparency International. A Review & Recommendation from the fr
I recently had an opportunity to read Transparency International’s (UK) paper “How to Bribe, A Typology of Bribe-Paying and How to Stop...
Richard Bistrong
Apr 6, 2014
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