No Longer Business as Usual [electronic resource] : Fighting Bribery and Corruption
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 : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2000.
 Why has the OECD, along with other members of the international community, mobilised to fight corruption? The answer is simple: corruption respects no borders, knows no economic distinctions and infects all forms of government. In the long run, no country can afford the social, political or economic costs that corruption entails. Not so long ago, bribing public officials in foreign countries to obtain business deals was, if not an acceptable, at least a tolerated business practice in many OECD countries. Today, corruption has moved to the top of the global political agenda as its dramatic imp
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""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Part I. CORRUPTION: A ZERO SUM GAME""; ""Chapter 1. The Causes and Consequences of Corruption: Economic Analyses and Lessons Learnt""; ""Introduction""; ""The Causes of Corruption""; ""Agency Models: An Overall Picture""; ""Weak Governance and Erosion of Property Rights""; ""Economic Lag, Scarcity of Public Goods and Poverty""; ""The Consequences of Corruption""; ""Market Power and the Organisation of Corruption""; ""Deliberate Corruption and Predatory Behaviour""; ""The Corruption Trap in Developing Countries""
""Corruption Networks and Price Restraints in Developed Countries""""Empirical Problems: The Use of Local Surveys""; ""Securing Reliable Data""; ""Country Surveys of Public Services""; ""Facts and Figures to Bolster Civil Society and Reformers""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 2. To Bribe or not to Bribe?""; ""The Role of the OECD in Anti-Corruption Work""; ""From an Ad Hoc Working Group to the 1997 Ministerial Recommendation""; ""Negotiation and Signature of the 1997 Convention""; ""General Features of the 1997 Bribery Convention""
""The Offence of Active Bribery and the Responsibility of Companies""""Jurisdictional Criteria""; ""Application of Legislation against Money Laundering""; ""Non-Penal Obligations for Accounting and Financial Statements""; ""Mutual Assistance and Extradition""; ""Entry into Force and Enlargement of the Number of Participants""; ""Implementing the 1997 Recommendation""; ""The Effects of Enforcement and Monitoring on International Business""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 3. From Ideal to Reality: Making the New Global Standard Stick""; ""Introduction""
""The Significance of the OECD Initiative Against Corruption""""Reducing the Flow of Corrupt Payments""; ""Catalytic Effect""; ""A Test for Developing Structures of Global Governance?""; ""Developing a Common Standard""; ""From â€œSoft Lawâ€? To A Convention""; ""The â€œSoft-Lawâ€? Method""; ""Monitoring the Legal Implementation""; ""Functional Equivalence""; ""The Monitoring Procedure""; ""Will Laws also be Applied?""; ""Planning the Future""; ""Completing Work on Criminal Law""; ""A â€œSecond Storeyâ€? on the OECDâ€?s Structure?""; ""Final Remarks""; ""Notes""
""Chapter 4. No More Tax Breaks for Bribes""""Background to the OECD Recommendation on Tax Deductibility""; ""Denying Deductibility""; ""Exchange of Information""; ""Implementing the Recommendation on Tax Deductibility""; ""Country Legislation and Practices""; ""Tax Treatment of a Public Official who Receives a Bribe""; ""Tax Treatment of a Person who Pays a Bribe to a Foreign Public Official""; ""Developing best Practices""; ""OECD Audit Guidelines for the Detection of Bribes to Foreign Public Officials""; ""Increasing Exchanges of Information on Bribes and Suspicious Payments""
""Simultaneous Tax Examinations""
 Why has the OECD, along with other members of the international community, mobilised to fight corruption? The answer is simple: corruption respects no borders, knows no economic distinctions and infects all forms of government. In the long run, no country can afford the social, political or economic costs that corruption entails. Not so long ago, bribing public officials in foreign countries to obtain business deals was, if not an acceptable, at least a tolerated business practice in many OECD countries. Today, corruption has moved to the top of the global political agenda as its dramatic imp
Bribery -- Prevention.
International trade -- Corrupt practices -- Prevention.
Misconduct in office -- Prevention.
Bribery
Misconduct in office
International trade
Social Welfare & Social Work
Social Sciences
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency