In March 2015, the Modern Slavery Act received Royal Assent in the UK. This poses an obligation on UK businesses over a certain size to report each year on the actions they have taken to ensure there is no modern slavery in their supply chains. It takes the normal discourse about supply chain management. third…
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The Toshiba scandal that saw the electronics giant admit to years of profit inflation indicates wider corporate governance troubles in Japan. Leo Martin spoke to Compliance and Governance Magazine about the implications for the company and for the the future of corporate governance in Japan www.icsa.org.uk
With prosecutors doing overtime in a number of jurisdictions to build cases against Fifa officials, football’s governing body is preparing to elect a new president and announce a series of wholesale reforms. The devil will be in the detail, but the trust deficit is huge. So what should Fifa be doing to put its house…
The BBC has published GoodCorporation’s review of its child protection and whistleblowing policies. The review involved a detailed assessment of the BBC’s policies and procedures in these key areas. It included interviews with senior BBC managers, employees, freelancers and independent production companies. The story was reported in The Guardian, City AM and Broadcast BBC Child…
Evan Davis leads a discussion on corruption risks for businesses on Radio 4’s The Bottom Line. Leo Martin  joins two other guests to discuss the issues, highlighting the challenges companies face and the steps that need to be implemented to mitigate risk. Radio 4: The Bottom Line: Corruption June 13 2015
Ed Butler, presenter of the BBC World Service Business Daily programme interviews Leo Martin on the Fifa scandal. Leo talks about the need for corporates to have a strong anti-corruption stance, to be aware of international anti-corruption legislation and to demonstrate a zero-tolerance of bribery. Tacit approval of bad behaviour is unacceptable; senior managers need to…
With many companies having tens of thousands of suppliers, it is not surprising that managing corruption risks is proving problematic. In the June issue of Ethical Performance, Miranda Ingram looks at the issues businesses face and talks to GoodCorporation about the procedures companies should be putting in place to manage these risks and implement best…
With public trust remaining fragile, the IBE and CISI have relaunched the Investing in Integrity charter mark which is audited by GoodCorporation. Debbie Ramsay talks to Ethical Performance (now known as Triple Pundit) about how the GoodCorporation audit works as part of an article on the benefits of the Investing in Integrity programme. Investing in…
The second of our two articles looking at corruption risks in the MINT countries appeared in the March issue of Governance & Compliance magazine. Nigeria and Turkey both offer huge potential to  investors, yet inherent corruption risks in both countries mean businesses need to tread carefully. Our article highlights the key risks and identifies the…
Three years after the UK Bribery Act came into force, businesses are still struggling to implement the procedures necessary to prevent corruption, with over a third of almost 3,000 anti-corruption controls assessed by GoodCorporation graded inadequate. This is one the findings, published ahead of the United Nation’s International Anti-Corruption Day (9/12/14), in a white paper…
