Key drivers for applying integrity and transparency practices in your business

Dr Mark LovattCEO, Trident Integrity Solutions

www.trident-integrity.com

Key drivers for integrity in business

Three primary drivers for maintaining business integrity:

• Reducing corruption costs

• Reducing the risk of prosecution

• Protecting your brand and reputation

1. Cost: corruption is very expensive

• Corruption adds up to 10% to the total cost of doing business globally, and up to 25% to the cost of procurement contracts in developing countries.*

• In 2012 the cost of private sector corruption was over US$500 billion in 105 developing countries. This excludespublic sector corruption.**

• 27% of US companies experienced procurement fraud in 2013***

• PKNS (Malaysia): Saved US$125 million over 4 years by improving tendering procedure, incl. Integrity Pacts.****

Sources: * WEF, ‘Good Business Is Clean Business’** The Costs of Corruption, CSIS, Jan 2014*** PWC Global Economic Crime Survey 2014**** PKNS own figures to June 2014 (19/8/14)

2. Prosecution risk

Far-reaching legislation is already in place and having a major impact

across the world

FCPA prosecutions of companies for bribery

• Siemens (US, 2008): $1.6 billion fine

• Alstom (US, 2014): $772 million fine

• KBR/Halliburton (US, 2009): $579 million

• BAE Systems (US, 2010): $448 million

• Total S.A. (France, 2013) $398 million

• Daimler (Germany, 2010): $195 million

• Alcatel-Lucent (France): $137 million

2. UK Bribery Act 2010

• Came into effect on July 1, 2011

• Extra territorial like FCPA

• Applies to any act of bribery of any kind, either in the UK or overseas

• If company has operations in the UK of any kind, liable to prosecution for activities anywhere in the world

• Unlimited fines for companies, jail sentences and unlimited fines for individuals

UK Bribery Act Convictions Begin

Will your brand protect you?

3. Reputational & brand risk

The importance of companies protecting their reputation,

especially in the area of corruption failure, has never been more

important

Reputation is a critical business asset

2015 Dow Jones Anti-corruption Survey*

• Survey conducted among more than 250

compliance professionals and companies

worldwide

• 76% said that reputational issues would cause a

review of their business partners

• 68% said that they delayed / stopped working

with a business partner because of concerns

about violations of anti-corruption regulations

*2015 Anti-Corruption Survey Results, Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones

Remember: the Internet knows everything. And it never forgets

Conclusions

• For developing economy companies, the costs of corruption can be a major factor in holding back their growth

• For Multi National Companies (MNCs), the risk of prosecution arising from bribery has never been higher

• For companies wanting to interface with the international business sector, maintaining good practice and a clean reputation is critical

Dr Mark Lovattmark.lovatt@trident-integrity.com

www.trident-integrity.com+6 013 297 4450

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