Anti-corruption programme for
business associations and professional institutions
As explained in What is corruption, GIACC uses the term "corruption" in the wider sense to include bribery, extortion, fraud, deception, collusion, cartels, abuse of power, embezzlement, trading in influence and money laundering. Consequently, the discussion in this section applies to all such criminal activity.
Business associations and professional institutions can play an important role in reducing corruption in the infrastructure sector.
Anti-corruption actions
The following actions are recommended to be taken by business associations and professional institutions:
- Publicly speak out against corruption.
- Increase awareness of corruption and its consequences, and how it can be prevented, through training for its members.
- Work in conjunction with other domestic and international business associations and professional institutions, private sector companies, and civil society organisations, in both the developed and developing world, so as to develop a co-ordinated approach to anti-corruption issues. (See Anti-Corruption Forums.)
- Work with government bodies to ensure that national and international efforts to curb corruption are well-founded, consistent and effective.
- Business associations: Encourage members to adopt and adhere to an appropriate anti-corruption programme. (See Anti-corruption programme for companies)
- Professional institutions: Maintain and enforce an effective code of conduct which commits members to a strict anti-corruption policy. The code should provide a disciplinary mechanism under which members who breach the code are sanctioned. (See anti-corruption rules for issues which could be covered by the code.)
(Source: The UK Anti-Corruption Forum Action Statement)
Professional Institutions - Anti-Corruption Implementation Plan
GIACC has published an implementation plan to assist professional institutions develop and promote an effective anti-corruption strategy in their home country. The professional institution will appoint a representative who will lead the institution’s anti-corruption strategy. GIACC will provide training to the representative, and will provide, free of charge, training materials, recommended anti-corruption management programmes and other reasonable advice and support to the representative. For further information see Anti-Corruption Implementation Plan.
Other Resources
If your business association or professional institution has published guidance and/or a code which is relevant to the above recommendations, and if you are willing to provide a link to your web-site for the benefit of other associations or institutions, please send details to GIACC for listing on this page.
Page updated on 14th September 2009
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