Corruption and compliance: preventive legislations and policies in international business projects

Harsh Pathak ()
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Harsh Pathak: Advocate Supreme Court of India, New Delhi, India

Juridical Tribune - Review of Comparative and International Law, 2013, vol. 3, issue 2, 136-151

Abstract: This article seeks to provide an insight on the international phenomenon of corruption, dealing with its existence, and whether compliance is higher with Anti-Corruption laws or with corruption itself, resulting in anti-corruption laws being much less effective than the legislators intended it to be and the reasons for increasing demand worldwide for new governance standards and higher compliance controls and other effective anti-corruption laws and policies in light of rapid increase in corruption every year. This article further deals with the diagnosis and measures to deal with the cause of corruption – the short-comings in anti-corruption law – the reasons why corporations are willing to face continuing legal risks and adverse publicity but still indulge in corrupt practices and the extent of negative impact the prevailing levels of corruption ultimately have on international business and trade. Strict compliance controls are being introduced with increasing enforcement of anti-corruption laws internationally and nations have also started to focus on individual and corporate liability in cases of violation of anti-corruption laws, for both government and private organisations. In this context of far-reaching developments, whether European and South-east Asian Countries like India and International Business Organisations can act in ignorance or buck up and accept this trend, slowly and steadily moving towards a less corrupt nation and International business projects – if not towards a totally corruption free one, keeping in mind the growth of international trade and Commerce and its sustainability.

Keywords: Corruption; Corruption-Causes; Consequences and Measures; Corrupt practices International Business; International Business Projects; Anti-Corruption Laws; International Legislation; Indian Laws (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K14 K22 K33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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