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Tag: Bribery

monitor sustainability

How to equip the auditco to monitor sustainability

The board’s expanding remit to oversee non-financial reporting calls for significant reforms, with stakeholder trust being the prize.

serious fraud office

Firms offered sweetener for self-reporting of suspected fraud

The UK’s Serious Fraud Office seeks ‘genuine cooperation’ with corporates to tackle bribery and corruption.

new fraud law

How to prepare for the new fraud law

Defending your company against failure to prevent fraud means getting ‘reasonable procedures’ in place now.

British trust

Why doesn’t Britain trust politicians?

Public faith in government and business continues to drop, and business leaders need to take action now to regain it.

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Political parties urged to ‘commit’ to ethical business

Trust in politicians and business is at its lowest in four years, according to the Institute of Business Ethics’ annual survey.

defence, aerospace, military helicopter

SFO launches corruption inquiry into defence firm Chemring

The Serious Fraud Office begins another investigation into a defence and aerospace manufacturer; this time it follows the voluntary handover of information from Chemring.

Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce executives plead guilty to bribery charges

US Department of Justice publishes charges of foreign bribery against three former Rolls-Royce executives and two consultants.

Rolls-Royce, aerospace, defence

Rolls-Royce: after the shocks and blows, can it get back on course?

Rolls-Royce was once the darling of the aerospace sector. But heavy financial losses and a corruption scandal present challenges for the new CEO, and sheds light on risks and behaviour in the defence industry.

Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce agrees £671m settlement over bribery claims

Engineering company reaches agreement with the Serious Fraud Office, the US Department of Justice and Brazil’s Ministério Publico Federal.

Bribery

Weighing up the new standard on anti-bribery

The new ISO anti-bribery tool is well timed, says Howard Shaw, Mazars’ head of anti-corruption and whistleblowing in the UK.

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