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SFO – Jean-Daniel Lainé a été acquitté à l’issue d’un 2ème procès à la Southwark Crown Court de Londres. Jean-Daniel Lainé was acquitted at the end of a retrial at the Southwark Crown Court in London.

On 28 November 2018, Jean-Daniel Lainé was acquitted – at the unanimity of the 12 jurors – at the Southwark Crown Court in London of a charge in a linked investigation into alleged corruption relating to a Budapest Metro rolling stock contract and consequently Alstom Network UK has also been found not-guilty. This was the… Read More »

Adopter l’Intégrité est la seule Attitude Responsable pour une Entreprise Internationale pour Survivre dans le Long Terme

Une entreprise internationale ne peut survivre sur le long terme si elle n’adopte pas une rigoureuse politique d’intégrité. La corruption est un fléau qui ravage le monde car malheureusement il se nourrit d’un vice majeur de l’humanité : un appétit insatiable pour l’argent et les avantages indus de toute nature. La corruption dans le monde se… Read More »

La Lutte contre la Corruption s’Intensifie – A Continuous Pressure to Fight Corruption : the European Union Anti-Corruption Report – February 2014

The fight against corruption is necessary to built a fair level playing field in the international trade. Beyond all the existing literature, guidelines, pressures from NGOs, hard Laws and soft Laws, provisions from the enforcement authorities, Anti-Corruption Summits, the viewpoint of the European Union International in its Anti-Corruption Report represents an important milestone. The European Commission… Read More »

Le Choix de la Préventigation – Choosing the Preventigation – Le standard ISO 37001

Every company working internationally and doing business which involves interaction with public or governmental officials are really exposed and fully liable in case of corruption whether directly or through intermediaries. The awareness of the potential risks and their mitigation through a robust Compliance Program is a top priority for these companies to protect themselves against… Read More »

Ethics & Compliance Literature – Une Large Littérature sur l’Ethique et la Conformité

Impressive literature exists on Ethics & Compliance since the issue of the first FCPA provisions in the USA in the seventies. The bibliography is immense over the world and recommendations have been issued by many international bodies, law firms, audits firms, multilateral development banks, NGO’s, compliance experts etc… Every day a new analysis, brochure or… Read More »

Changer la Culture d’Intégrité sans Attendre – Changing the Culture of Integrity Now

Never delay the necessary changes in the Culture of Integrity of your company, if this topic has not been tackled properly. Among various misconducts, corruption is really a scourge for companies, not because it is morally unacceptable, but because bribery and corruption destroy the companies value. Companies have the general tendency  to wait too long before allocating… Read More »

Avoiding the Pitfalls of non-Compliance and Navigating to Safe Waters – Eviter les Ecueils de la Non-Conformité

Business Ethics is always a challenging issue  for international companies as pitfalls of non-Compliance may be encountered everywhere, everyday. A company’s reputation can be destroyed in a very short term when it comes to the discovery of a corruption act in its transactions. Corruption is everywhere in the world and can be roughly evaluated at… Read More »

A Compliance Program to Protect the Companies – Un Programme d’Ethique et de Conformité pour Protéger les Entreprises

It is essential for international companies to have a Compliance Program in order to prevent misconducts, illegal payments and more importantly corruption of civil servants. Further to the introduction of the FCPA in the seventies in the USA, some years later the OECD has issued its convention on bribery and corruption in 1997 and has mobilized many… Read More »

June 2013 – News in Alstom’s Ethics & Compliance department

Appointment in Alstom’s Ethics & Compliance Jean-Daniel Lainé has been replaced by Romain Marie who has taken over a department strengthened under his management.   See the announcement with the access below: Appointment in Alstom’s Ethics & Compliance department   Partenariat d’Alstom avec la Chaire de Droit et Ethique des Affaires de Cergy Pontoise  … Read More »

Dealing with Third Party Partners – Relation avec les Tiers

More than ever, Business Ethics is a priority for international companies which can be severely damaged if they don’t take care of this important topic. Corruption of a public servant is a crime and penalized as such. In this respect, the corruption risk exists for companies as soon as they use the services of Third Party… Read More »