Best Practices: Standards & Tools

TI-USA works with TI and the business community to strengthen anti-bribery standards and practice through voluntary model standards and practical tools for developing and maintaining effective anti-bribery programs

• TI Corruption Perception Index (CPI):  The CPI is an annual report ranking 180 countries by their perceived degree of corruption among public officials and politicians.  A composite index, it draws on surveys by 13 independent institutions of business managers and country analysts.
  
  
• TI Bribe Payer Index (BPI):  The BPI evaluates the supply side of corruption - the likelihood of firms from the world’s industrialized countries to bribe abroad. It shows which sectors are most vulnerable to bribery demands.
  
  
• TI Business Principles for Countering Bribery:  The first comprehensive, voluntary anti-bribery code for international business, the Business Principles have set a benchmark for best practices since 2002.
  
  
• TI Business Principles for Countering Bribery - SME Edition:   Based on the Business Principles for Countering Bribery, this edition is tailored to the needs of small and medium-sized businesses.
  
  
• TI Global Corruption Report:  Published annually, the Global Corruption Report provides country-by-country snapshots and examines a different topic in depth each year.  The 2009 Global Corruption Report focused on corruption in the private sector.  Prior issues have looked at corruption in the health sector, judicial system, water sector and construction.
  
  
• TI Global Corruption Barometer:  A public opinion survey that assesses the general public’s perception and experience of corruption in more than 60 countries around the world, the Global Corruption Barometer indicates where corruption is likely to affect you, e.g. police, taxes, customs, judges etc.
  
  
• TI-UNGC Reporting Guidance:  TI and the UN Global Compact published reporting guidance for companies committed to combating corruption. The guidance is the most succinct, practical guide currently available to what anti-corruption aspects companies should report on. It sets the standard for thousands of Global Compact signatories, while its use will be beneficial well beyond this network.
  
  
• TI National Integrity System:  Assessment approach providing organizations with framework to analyze the extent and causes of corruption in a given country, as well as the effectiveness of national anti-corruption efforts.  In depth country studies.
  
  
• RESIST (Resisting Extortion and Solicitation in International Transactions):  Jointly developed by the International Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Transparency International, the UN Global Compact and the World Economic Forum, RESIST can be used in training sessions related to ethics and integrity by helping trainers stimulate open discussions on the risks employees face and the steps they can take to eradicate them. The new 2010 edition contains 37 real-life scenarios for training and discussion purposes.
  
  

Tools and Surveys by Other Leading Organizations and Experts

• Reporting Guidance on the 10th Principle on Anti-Corruption Reporting:  This is a tool that gives practical guidance to small, medium and large companies as they report on their anti-corruption efforts.
  
  
• Fighting Corruption in the Supply Chain: Developed by the UN Global, this guide is aimed at customers and suppliers.  It outlines common supply chain corruption scenarios and provides a framework and set of tools for addressing them.
  
  
• Good Guidance on Internal Controls, Ethics & Compliance:  Adopted by the OECD to promote private sector compliance with the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.  While not legally binding, the Guidance forms part of an OECD Council Recommendation and is likely to serve as a reference point for prosecutors.

• The Ethics Resource Center Toolkit:  Collection of tools including guidelines for drafting codes of ethics, an ethics glossary, values definitions and short articles on the practice of organizational ethics. 

• The Global Integrity Report:  Report Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of national-level anti-corruption systems combining qualitative journalism with quantitative data gathering.

• Latinobarómetro:  An annual opinion survey that involves some 19,000 interviews in 18 Latin American countries, representing more than 400 million inhabitants.

• World Bank Institute: Fighting Corruption through Collective Action:  A guide intended primarily for anyone with responsibility for a major project or market where corruption is or may be present.  The core group working with the World Bank Institute on this project includes TI-USA, the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), the UN Global Compact, and the Global Advice Network.

• World Bank Anti-Corruption Survey Reports and Data:  A collection of corruption survey specific to countries, firms and public officials.  Also includes links to third-party indexes and data, such as Transparency International.

• World Bank Institute: Worldwide Governance Indicators:  Charts and tables for 212 countries and territories analyzing six governance indicators.  Allows one to compare with previous years, regional averages or with income group averages.

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