Global Anti-Corruption Quotient 2008
Bribery and corrupt practices have come under greater global scrutiny over the last few years. The number of government investigations of corporate offenders doubled in the last year, with nearly 50 such investigation pending in the U.S. alone.
What is the Anti-Corruption Quotient?
The Institute will review and assign scores to major exporters and multinational companies in terms of alignment with key provisions of anti-corruption laws and best practices in preventing corruption in overseas business dealings. The reviewing and scoring methodology will be advised by a global panel of experts from the anti-corruption field, including academic, government and law professionals as well as international anti-corruption groups.
The information, which will be collected through a confidential questionnaire and will be evaluated by Ethisphere analysts, will not be made public or shared with the advisory committee. An aggregate score will be published in the magazine.
The Anti-Corruption Quotient methodology advisory committee includes:
- Committee Chair: Alex Brigham, Executive Director, The Ethisphere Institute
- Manny A Alas, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Margaret M. Ayres, Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell
- Patrick Barwise, Professor, London Business School
- Nancy Boswell, President, Transparency International USA
- Gary DiBianco, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Timothy L. Dickenson, Partner, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
- Thomas Donaldson, Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- Thomas W. Dunfee, Professor, Business Ethics University of Pennsylvania - in memoriam
- Christoph Frei, Senior Director World Economic Forum Partnering Against Corruption Initiative
- William Garcia, Partner, Howrey LLP
- Dr. Haluk F. Gursel, Chief Compliance, United Nations
- Kathleen M. Hamann, Vice-Chair, Anti-Corruption Iniatives & Compliance Issues Committee, American Bar Association
- David Hess, Assistant Professor of Business Law & Business Ethics, Ross School of Business University of Michigan
- Mike Huneke, Associate, White & Case LLP
- Michael E. Horowitz, Esq., Partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
- Judith Lee, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
- Daniel Levin, Partner, White & Case LLP
- Brian Levy, Adviser, Public Sector Governance, World Bank
- Lucinda A. Low, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
- Marc Le Menestrel, Professor of Management and Ethics, UPF and INSEAD
- Brian Moriarty, Associate Directory, Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics
- Danforth Newcomb, Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP
- Kimberly A. Parker, Partner, Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr LLP
- Lisa Prager, Partner, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
- Erica Salmon Byrne, Assistant General Counsel, Corpedia
- Claudius O. Sokenu, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP
- Rama Velamuri, Associate Director, China Europe International Business School
- Martin Weinstein, Partner, Willkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP
- Alexandra Wrage, President, Trace International
- Don Zarin, Partner, Holland & Knight
Who is eligible?
The Ethisphere Institute will rank and measure major international companies on their anti-corruption efforts (or lack thereof) and recognize companies worldwide who have enacted industry-leading best practices measures to prevent such violations. Public and private companies that handle over $100 million in exports to or do business with Latin America, Africa, Asia, or Eastern Europe will be considered.
How can a company become nominated?
Feel that your company is a leader in Anti-Corruption? Know of a company who deserves recognition for their ethical work? Nominate your company or others by clicking here.