What is it about?
Bribe giving and bribe taking. How to reduce the vicious cycle of corruption, especially within the mining industry.
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Why is it important?
Company officials are breaking the law when they pay bribes. The US., Canadian, British and other governments are fining companies and jailing corporate officers who bribe. Host governments have also enacted laws making corruption illegal. How do companies navigate thje terrain between legal requirements and on-the-ground reality? This article identifies 10 'tensions' that need to be addressed in order to reduce corruption
Perspectives
Everybody - companies and citizens alike - pay the costs of corruption, in terms of reduced government revenues (and public services), sub-standard infrastructure and higher prices. Companies, governments and parliaments need to work together to ensure that anti-bribery laws are fully implemented
Dr Rick Stapenhurst
McGill University
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This page is a summary of: The supply and demand sides of corruption: Canadian extractive companies in Africa, Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, December 2016, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/11926422.2016.1250655.
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