Bribe Payers Index

Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility Individual report: Corruption February 2013 Friedrich Heinrich Zenzen University of Greenwich Introduction Corruption is a complex political, social, and economic anomaly that negatively affects developing and developed countries. It weakens democratic institutions, holds economic development, widening the rich-poor gap and certainly leads to governmental instability. The World Bank definition of corruption states that “…the abuse

Speaking about corruption in the international realm was a taboo before the end of the cold war. But the end of the cold war has led to the consolidation of democracy, political stability, and respect for the rule of law, as well as effective development and expansion of open and competitive markets. In the recent years, especially from late 1980’s, the phenomenon of corruption has received a great deal of attention from the international community. In fact, the degree of attention attributed

stakeholders to fulfill by improving, or at least not harm, the environmental and social wellbeing. When companies engage in CSR, they voluntarily promise to, for example, carry the responsibility to protect the environment and take actions against bribe or other corruptive activities related to their business. It certainly has some positive influences to specific areas based on my knowledge gained from other classes; nevertheless, when judge CSR in the context of total impacts on our society and environment

Problems of Democratization and Authoritarianism I examined the 3 main problems regarding democracy and authoritarian tendencies in Mexico: corruption, human rights violations and gender inequality. Firstly, we should ask: how corrupt is Mexico? Corruption means inducement to wrong by improper or unlawful means. Corruption in a sense is a deficit of democracy. The transparency and accountability of the institutions highly linked to the level of democracy in the country. If there is less accountability

penetrated into our economy and social life. Below listed are some of the characteristics. a) Recipients and payers. b) Extortion. c) Lubricant of society. d) An ethical problem. e) Poverty reduction. Recipients and payers Corruption is the abuse of entrusted power and elected authority for private profit. Complaints are often heard about politicians and public officials who accept bribes and enrich themselves privately at the expense of the common citizen. This may be at the expense of the employee

Malasyia Country Report 3/7/2013 By: Zara Khurram Economic Analysis of Malaysia Malaysia is a multi-cultural Southeast Asian country with a federal constitutional monarchy. Malaysia originated from the Malay Kingdoms which were subject to the British Empire for a long time. Malaysia gained independence in August 1957. Today, Due to Malaysia’s natural resources, it has an average GDP growth rate of 6.5% for around 50 years. Malaysia has a very attractive GDP growth, due to its various strengths

Book Critique The world of international business is wrought with complexity and full of people that lurk in the shadows. Individuals outside of the business world are unaware of the fact that these shadowy figures are what is needed to get business done. There is always some level of corruption and lack of ethics in the most successful businesses. One major example of this is described in detail by a man that tried to tear down and expose the dark underbelly of international business. His book

Introduction One of the major tasks of government is to provide goods and services to the people. There are however many factors that hinder the smooth delivery of goods and services. Corruption is one of the factors. A link has been established between corruption and economic stagnation. Corruption leads to misallocation of resources meant for uplifting of the majority members of the public for the benefit of a few. It is a universal scourge that has been described differently by various schools

Case study: Colombia The Colombian Confederation of Chambers of Commerce (Confecámaras) recognized that Colombia had a set of norms and instruments for detecting, controlling, and punishing corrupt practices in Colombia. However, these mechanisms were not often applied, partly because of corrupt politicians. Confecámaras worked with local businesses to have clear rules and codes of conduct in procurement processes and to demonstrate the benefits of compliance. With input from local business leaders

In 2008 however, the Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) slightly improved, awarding Zambia a score of 2, 8, suggesting progress in terms of control of corruption, as perceived by analysts and businessmen (2008). This could indicate that Zambia’s efforts against corruption are slowly starting to yield