By Richard L. Cassin | Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 9:18AM Parliament adopted the “snap amendment” without debate. It would remove from the definition of “public officials” the country’s president, senators, members of the lower chamber, as well as lawyers. The law if adopted would mean they can no longer be held accountable for abuse … Lees meer
opinie TROUW ZATERDAG 7 DECEMBER 2013, 27 Bestuurlijke corruptie bestaat doordat netwerken en relaties zo belangrijk zijn geworden, schrijft onderzoeker Willeke Slingerland, docent/onderzoeker Saxion Hogeschool, promoveert op het onderwerp netwerkintegriteit Vraag een willekeurige Nederlander waar in Nederland de meeste corruptie plaatsvindt, en hij of zij komt waarschijnlijk met de ‘usual suspects’: de bouw- en vastgoedwereld en de … Lees meer
The ‘new’ CPI-2012 by TI, scientifically not defendable © Dr. Michel van Hulten 121226, Engl. © Dr. Michel van Hulten, Lelystad, www.corruptie.org The new CPI 2013 has been published. A good moment to repeat my review of the 2012 edition which made clear that on all essential counts, the methodology and the technics of … Lees meer
Vandaag 3 december 2013 verscheen opnieuw, zoals gebruikelijk elk jaar sinds 1995, de Corruption Perceptions Index van Transparency International (TI). Nederland staat weer in de top tien van ‘schone landen’. Vele politici zullen dus wel weer roepen dat ‘gelukkig corruptie bij ons niet of nauwelijks voorkomt’. En zij leven blij verder in de wetenschap dat … Lees meer
TI-Romania-Conference held in Bucharest, 27-29 November 2013, Round table: Corporate Good Governance Dr Michel van Hulten, Professor Governance SAXION School of Governance, Law and Urban Studies Enschede / Deventer, the Netherlands michelvanhulten@planet.nl; m.h.m.vanhulten@saxion.nl www.corruptie.org; www.saxion.edu ‘The purpose of this three-day conference is to debate why companies should take integrity seriously and engage their stakeholders to work … Lees meer
Go to Union Jack → Publications → to see the → OECD – UNODC – World Bank Anti-Corruption Ethics and Compliance Handbook for Business (128 pages, 1 December 2013).
130918-20, Siemens at UN Leaders summit Siemens and the battle against bribery and corruption “Sustainability is about survival,” says Siemens general counsel Peter Solmssen, who argues that global cooperation is key to winning the fight • Peter Solmssen, general counsel for Siemens, is speaking at the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit on 20 September. Bruce … Lees meer
130907, GlaxoSmithKline & Wheel-greasing in China and in the USA http://www.fcpaprofessor.com/friday-roundup-91?goback=%2Egde_135508_member_271576048#%21 September 6th, 2013 [also GlaxoSmithKline] FROM: FCPA Professor, A Forum devoted to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (visited 8 Sept. 2013). Hardly a Smoking Gun Reuters and other media outlets have carried forward Chinese state media reports as follows. “A Chinese police investigation into … Lees meer
130904, China and GlaxoSmithKline Beijing weighing large fines against GlaxoSmithKline Government accused drugmaker of creating a culture that encouraged widespread bribery http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1302852/beijing-weighing-large-fines-against-glaxosmithkline Wednesday, 04 September, 2013, 10:02am Toh Han Shih hanshih.toh@scmp.com This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as Beijing weighing large fines against GlaxoSmithKline The central government is considering … Lees meer
More and more scientific criticism of the Corruption Perceptions Index! Nevertheless Governments, including the Dutch – as one of the highest contributors of TI – continue to fund TI. In my own published critical reviews (TI never answered) I called in my latest article (see this website) ’the CPI-2012 is scientifically not defendable, it is fake’. In … Lees meer