Publication of findings. Corrective anticorruption policy Integrity of the home government cannot be protected by national measures alone, thus OECD's Convention on Bribery. For years bribe-givers have been active because there was a lack of restrictions and even tax deductibility of bribes. The OECD has committed to make the payment of corporate kickbacks a criminal offense wherever money changes hands. To have an anticorruption law is better than to have none, even if takes years for parliaments of OECD countries to ratify it.
Implementation is a serious problem.
In countries where laws are in effect, like the 1977 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of the US, they are not difficult to get around. Any company can do its bribing at arm's length by, as it were, passing the parcel to a third party in the country concerned. When price becomes a factor, it should not become the main factor, as it may facilitate bribery to affect the selection of consultants. Sometimes bribery is considered as the second-oldest profession in the world, because it appears to be victimless, since supposedly the only sufferers are those who give bribes. It is one of the most regressive taxes on the poor and bribery becomes an economic rent .