Canada’s extractive companies are an outsized global business sector of activity. More than 100 Canadian companies are at work on more than 8,000 properties around the world, making up almost half of all mining and mineral exploration efforts. With this large global footprint, an environmentally messy industry with a checkered ethical history has attracted increasing international scrutiny. Groups such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and Transparency International are looking at inadequate Canadian CSR practices.
Corruption is a growing issue for countries large and small, which hinders the publics trust towards the government and prominent leaders. In a recent report released by Transparency International, the corruption perception indexes of all countries for 2014 were shown. The image reflects countries that are either highly corrupt, in the middle, or very clean.
New York, June 24, 2014 /3BL Media/ – Marking ten years of the UN Global Compact’s 10th Principle Against Corruption, business today called on Governments to address corruption and foster good governance in ways that advance the global development agenda.
Anti-Corruption Program Verification provides third-party validation for companies that are able to prove they have designed, implemented, and enforced a robust, best-in-class anti-corruption program that is capable of reasonably detecting and preventing bribery and corruption.
Ethisphere will be hosting a brief, 20 minute overview of Anti-Corruption Program Verification to explain the business case for Anti-Corruption Program Verification, the methodology, process, deliverables and the benefits of independent verification.
When: Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. PT/1:00 p.m. ET
Anti-Corruption Program Verification provides third-party validation for companies that are able to prove they have designed, implemented, and enforced a robust, best-in-class anti-corruption program that is capable of reasonably detecting and preventing bribery and corruption.
Ethisphere will be hosting a brief, 20 minute overview of Anti-Corruption Program Verification to explain the business case for Anti-Corruption Program Verification, the methodology, process, deliverables and the benefits of independent verification.
When: Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. PT/1:00 p.m. ET
Anti-Corruption Program Verification provides third-party validation that companies have implemented demonstrably robust anti-corruption practices and programs to reasonably prevent and detect bribery and corruption
Press Release
(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) New York, NY - September 24, 2010 - Amid the increasing global emphasis on and enforcement of anti-corruption and anti-bribery regulations, the Ethisphere Institute, a leading international think-tank dedicated to the creation, advancement and sharing of best practices in business ethics and compliance, today announced the launch of their Anti-Corruption Program Verification.
