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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 http//www.alstom.com/press-centre/fr/2011/10/Alstom-parraine-promotion-des-diplomes-master-Droit-Ethique-affaires-Universite-Cergy-Pontoise/… Read More »
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 »
How do You Manage Third Party Relationship Risks ? Jean-Daniel Lainé, Alstom SVP Ethics and Compliance was co-chairing the C5’s Second Forum on Managing Third Party Relationship Risks, October 23 and 24, 2012 at the Hotel Lutecia in Paris. ETHIC Intelligence has posted a note written by Jean-Daniel Lainé on the management of Third Party Relationship… Read More »