Bribery and corruption are amongst the greatest threats to economic development. On this page you can view a list of key organisations involved in the fight against corruption and access a selection of resources in this area.
Useful links
UK
Bribery Act
The ICAEW Library & Information Service provides a dedicated page on the Bribery Act 2010 which includes the full text of the act, related guidance and articles on the key issues for business arising from the act.
Organisations and resources
BIS Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU)
The BIS Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) coordinates the work of the UK Government to support ethical business overseas through guidance on bribery and corruption and other initiatives.
Business Law Department (ICAEW)
The Business Law Department at ICAEW focuses on law and regulation of relevance to accountants and the accountancy profession, but which are not dealt with by other departments of ICAEW. The department provides information on bribery and corruption
International
Organisations and resources
Anti-fraud offices (European Union)
Information on EU organisations, including the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).
Bribery in International Business (OECD)
Gives news and information on the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, including reports and surveys by country.
Business Anti-Corruption Portal
The portal is intended to provide SMEs with a comprehensive and practical business tool to help them avoid and fight corruption. The website includes country profiles and an inventory of online anti-corruption tools.
Fight against fraud
Information from the EU's Europa website includes links to summaries and full texts of legislation and anti-fraud policy.
Governance and Anti-Corruption (World Bank Institute)
An extensive collection of research papers on transparency and corruption, with almost the full catalogue available in full text (PDF format). An option for reading country snapshots prepared under GRICS (Governance Research Indicator Country Snapshot) includes information on the control of corruption in each listed country, with data provided for 160 countries. Other sections of the site include articles, courses and datasets.
Transparency International
A non-governmental organisation (NGO) focusing on corruption and transparency. The website includes articles, advice and guidance on best practice. In addition, Transparency International produces the corruption perceptions index and the bribe payers index which can also be accessed through the website.
Further reading
Online articles
The library provides access to a range of articles in full text from leading business, finance and management journals.
You will need to be logged-in to the website to gain full access to the range of articles available online.
Articles and books in the Library collection
To find out how you can borrow books from the Library please see our guide to book loans.
You can obtain copies of articles or extracts of books and reports by post, fax or email through our document delivery service.
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