COMPANIES PUTTING PROFITS AHEAD OF PREVENTION IN ANTI-BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION COMPLIANCE – STUDY
September 1st, 2017
MULTINATIONAL companies are failing to prioritise anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) measures with more than half appearing to put profits ahead of prevention and a significant minority of CEOS not prepared to turn their backs on high risk contracts due to commercial pressure, according to a new survey.
Such is the scale of the problem, some companies are said to be in “a crisis of compliance,” said the report, “Steering the course – navigating bribery and corruption risk,” conducted by international law firm, Hogan Lovells which claimed the ...
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