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Apr 06 2011

New balls please as we enter the chicane – UK Bribery Act Guidance

At last!

The UK Bribery Act is to come into force on 1 July now that the British government has eventually published guidance on how the new law will be applied. Much of the delay has been around the treatment and status of corporate entertainment. Now the Justice Secretary has clarified that no one is going to be stopped “taking clients to Wimbledon or a Grand Prix.” [Read more…]

Written by AnnaPurna Consulting · Categorized: Corruption, Uncategorized · Tagged: anti-graft, bribery and corruption, compliance, Corporate hospitality, Guidance, UK Bribery Act

Dec 08 2010

2011 – A new reality for business

If we could see the future, it would be Asian and urban. Since 2008, a majority of the world’s population has been living in a city and by 2050 only a quarter of us will be clinging to life in the countryside. The rise of the mega-city, particularly in India and China, is one of the most exciting but challenging social transformations of our age. By 2025 there will be eleven cities in Asia with populations over twenty million.

The risk consequences are significant. Crime, corruption, chronic poverty and extremism all prosper when rapid urbanisation is not matched by well planned infrastructure and good governance. The population of the world’s slums is growing by 25 million each year. Doing business successfully in these new environments will demand re-thinking all aspects of our business processes; none more so than the management of risk. The consequences of long-term shifts in urbanisation are by no means confined to Asia. But inevitably India, and particularly China, seem to have a near monopoly on jaw-dropping statistics. [Read more…]

Written by AnnaPurna Consulting · Categorized: Corruption, International relations, Uncategorized · Tagged: Brazil, BRICs, carbon emissions, China, chronic poverty, compliance, corporate governance, corruption, crime, economic resilience, extremism, FCPA, financial crisis, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, foreign policy, geo-political map, good governance, India, international affairs, mega-city, operational risks, risk management, Russia, scarce resources, transnational business, UK Bribery Act, urbanisation

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