Trade and competition are powerful drivers of growth, increased living standards and job creation. The G20’s growth strategies include reforms to facilitate trade by lowering costs, streamlining customs procedures, reducing unnecessary regulatory burdens and strengthening trade-enabling services.

Customs have significant responsibilities for regulating cross-border trade, including collecting taxes, deterring illicit trade, controlling goods subject to prohibitions or restrictions, and contributing to economic competitiveness by facilitating trade.

This guidebook provides information on the recent legal developments, voluntary initiatives, and emerging best practices in the areas of encouraging reporting, making disclosures and protecting staff who are prepared to speak up when malpractice occurs within a company. The term “whistleblowing” has been avoided in this publication as it has developed negative connotations in some countries and is associated with the act of reporting to external authorities or media, without prior warning given to senior management.

This guide is designed to help companies meet the legal, competitive, economic and ethical challenges posed by corruption as they do business around the world. Information in this Guide is intended for use by business but may also be of interest to governments and other organizations concerned about reducing corruption.

 

What is the best way to join or set up a Collective Action Initiative against corruption? Learn some tips and strategies from expert Collective Action practitioners.

This is the fourth video in a 5-part series on how Collective Action can help combat corruption. Features: Gemma Aiolfi (Basel Institute on Governance), Lisa Miller (World Bank Group), Mirna Adjami (Basel Institute on Governance) and Robert Klitgaard (Claremont Graduate University). Filmed at the International Centre of Collective Action Conference 2018.

 

What motivates people to join Collective Action initiatives against corruption? What type of people and organisations are involved? This short video explains.

Featuring: Stephen Zimmerman (World Bank Group), Mirna Adjami (Basel Institute on Governance), Shabnam Siddiqui (UN Global Compact India), Kevin Abikoff (Hughes, Hubbard & Reed), Lisa Miller (World Bank Group) and Scarlet Wannenwetsch (Basel Institute on Governance).

 

How can Collective Action Initiatives help to clean up markets and improve the business environment for everyone? How does Collective Action support sustainable development worldwide? Watch this second video in a 5-part series on anti-corruption Collective Action to find out.

 

Featuring: Sabine Zindera (Siemens), Robin Hodess (The B Team), Soji Apampa (Convention on Business Integrity), Shabnam Siddiqui (UN Global Compact Network India) and Qusay Salama (Integrity Network Initiative, Egyptian Junior Business Association).

 

What exactly is Collective Action? How can Collective Action combat corruption? Find out in the first of this 5-part series of insights featuring some of the world's leading Collective Action experts.

 

Featuring: Mark Pieth (University of Basel), Robert Klitgaard (Claremont Graduate University), Soji Apampa (Convention on Business Integrity), Susanne Friedrich (Alliance for Integrity), Hentie Dirker (SNC-Lavalin) and Lisa Miller (World Bank Group).

Following several corruption scandals that occurred in 2013 and 2014 in the procurement and construction processes of EXPO2015 Milano, the President of ANAC (Autoritá Nationale Anticorruzione – National Anti-corruption Authority of Italy) was committed functions of supervision and guarantee of the fairness and transparency of the procurement procedures related to the implementation of the event in June 2014. As part of this assignment in July 2014 ANAC established a special operational unit (UOS) to monitor the projects of the EXPO 2015.