 Business Corruption, CSR: Is It All Question of Integrity?Indira Carr ()
A chapter in Corporate Governance, Organizational Ethics, and Prevention Strategies Against Financial Crime, 2025, pp 285-300 from Springer Abstract: Abstract Since the 1990s, business corruption is a topic that has been discussed widely. Its emergence in modern times as an important issue can be traced to the 1970s and the US Watergate scandal. Whilst we had a raft of legislation during the 1990s from regional and international law-making institutions such as the OECD, the African Union and the United Nations, business corruption remains a major issue of concern due to difficulties surrounding the enforcement of anti-corruption laws. Against this background, this chapter considers whether self-regulation in the form of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a better tool to tackle business corruption. Or is it, lacking enforceability, a creature without teeth, and therefore incapable of bringing about a sea change in business attitude towards business corruption? Should we instead focus more on ethics and integrity to find a feasible solution to tackle corruption in the business sector? This chapter argues that the anti-corruption narrative needs to move beyond regulation and self-regulation to bring about meaningful change in tackling business corruption. Date: 2025 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:csrchp:978-3-031-74523-2_13 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-74523-2_13 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance from Springer |
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