Bribery and Corruption : How to Be an Impeccable and Profitable Corporate Citizen

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- 1 Noble Cause Corruption -- I Background on Corruption Laws -- 2 A Bit of Dodgy History -- 3 The Main Conventions -- 4 UK and US Regulatory Agencies -- II The Bribery Act 2010 and Friends -- 5 Objective and Limitations -- 6 Main Sections of the Bribery Act -- 7 Enforcement, Penalties and Sentencing -- 8 Other Relevant UK Legislation and Guidelines -- 9 US and Worldwide Legislation and Guidelines -- III The Taxonomy of Corruption -- 10 Introduction to a Universal Problem -- 11 Sectoral Corruption -- 12 The Mechanics of Corruption -- 13 Examples of High-risk Processes and Contexts -- IV Risk Assessment -- 14 The Nature of Risk -- 15 Management and Catalogues -- 16 Analysing Vulnerable Contexts -- 17 Analysing Secondary Risks -- V Exposing Corruption -- 18 Introduction and Background -- 19 Critical Point Auditing -- 20 Manual Tests -- VI Background on Effective Controls -- 21 Introduction on the Nature of Controls -- 22 Control Tools and Misconceptions -- 23 The Inspiring Integrity Campaign -- 24 Standards, Guidelines, Forms and Basic Training -- 25 Due Diligence, Incident Reporting, Contingency Planning and Protection of Information -- 26 Contractual Controls and Personnel Procedures -- 27 Accounting Procedures, Fidelity and Other Insurance -- VII Additional Anti-bribery Controls -- 28 Introduction, Principles and Policies -- 29 Additional Anti-corruption Strategies -- 30 More on High Risk Aspects -- 31 Facilitation Payments, Gifts and Third-party Agents -- 32 Joint Ventures, Acquisitions and Initial Public Offerings -- 33 Some Other Problem Areas -- VIII Internal and Regulatory Investigations -- 34 Background and Strategy to Internal Investigations -- 35 Key Elements and Case-handling -- 36 Regulatory Investigations -- 37 Negotiating Settlements and Going to Court -- Index.