Corruption

List of figures and table Preface: a time to act on corruption Acknowledgments Foreword from Richard Alderman, Director, UK Serious Fraud Office Introduction: Corruption and bribery: the global context Part I: Threats 1 The threats: Economic, social, and political effects of corruption and bribery Part II: Law 2 The global legal context 3 British bribery legislation: How the UK Bribery Act came about 4 The UK Bribery Act – Britain's new legal landscape Part III: Corporate response 5 The geographic factor 6 The sectoral factor 7 Third party risk and corporate exposure: How can the company get involved, and why? 8 Spotting, stopping, and combating corporate Corruption 9 Who would be a director? Directors' liability Part IV: The law enforcement response 10 Forces fighting bribery 11 Global efforts: battling against the chain of corruption 12 Curbing bribery and the way forward: anti-bribery processes, for companies, police, and the courts Conclusion: bribery and corruption, the unfinished business Appendices: 1 Case study: phone hacking and corruption 2 Interview with Richard Alderman, June 27, 2011 3 Maplecroft's Business Integrity and Corruption Index 2011 Notes Index