Wal-Mart’s Victims, Part XV: This is What I’m Talking About

The announcement could not be more timely. Yesterday, we learned that the government of Scotland has reached an agreement with the Aberdeen-based Abbot Group, setting aside £2 million of a £5.6 million bribery settlement to build rugby and soccer fields in impoverished communities.

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'If you're against corruption, sign this'

Mashable's Zoe Fox posted a story Tuesday about fighting corrupt regimes with online petitions hosted by Change.org.

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Can Bulgaria ever meet EU clean-government standards?

Marin Raykov became the Bulgarian Acting Prime Minister in March 2013 (photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)Just two percent of companies win 98 percent of all public procurement deals in Bulgaria, according to the head of BORKOR, Bulgaria’s state anti-corruption and organized crime agency.

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Where is the shame?

The last of the cornerstones defining integrity is shame. It is the word 恥, conisting of two characters, 耳 for ear and 心 for heart. Shame comes about when we fail to listen to our heart and conscience. 

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Job: Chief Compliance Officer

Job Title: Chief Compliance Officer

Location: Washington, D.C.

Company: National Automobile Dealers Association

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With news of NSA surveillance, life just got tougher for the compliance practitioner

Last week the FCPA Blog, in a post entitled NSA spying also linked to FCPA enforcement, reported that the National Security Agency (NSA) has engaged in economic espionage for the benefit of the United States and perhaps others.

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Rumors of News Corp mega-settlement

News Corp could pay $850 million or more to settle FCPA violations, according to a report Monday by the Guardian.

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Anti-grafters push G8 for action in open letter

Graphic courtesy of WikipediaDear G8 leaders,

As a group of individuals who have worked to expose and fight corruption, we have witnessed firsthand the detrimental effects of state looting by unscrupulous politicians and officials. . . .

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And we thought he liked whistleblowers

Photo courtesy of the White HouseOver the weekend, before Edward Snowden outed himself, a frantic hunt was on for the insider who leaked NSA phone and internet spying documents to the Guardian and the Washington Post.

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Randy 'Duke' Cunningham is released from prison

San Diego, Calif. (Feb. 18, 2005) - Congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-CA) delivers a speech aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)Every fall, I co-teach an Anti-Corruption Seminar at GW Law School. . . .

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