The Anti–Corruption Handbook – How to Protect Your Business in the Global Marketplace : How to Protect Your Business in the Global Marketplace

* Fighting Global Corruption skilfully explores the risk of doing business in the global marketplace and the precautions companies and organizations can take to deter corruption.

THE ANTI-CORRUPTION HANDBOOK Today's demanding marketplace expects CFOs, auditors, compliance officers, and forensic accountants to take responsibility for fraud detection. These expectations are buoyed by such legislation as the Foreign Corruption Practices Act (FCPA), which makes it a crime for any U.S. entity or individual to obtain or retain business by paying bribes to foreign government officials. Written by William P. Olsen, the National Practice Leader of Investigations at Grant Thornton, The Anti-Corruption Handbook: How to Protect Your Business in the Global Marketplace provides guidelines addressing the challenges of maintaining business integrity in the global marketplace. Timely and thought provoking, this book reveals the risks of doing business around the world and the precautions organizations can take to deter such activity. Authoritative, comprehensive, and insightful, The Anti-Corruption Handbook provides clear guidance on: Managing corruption risk in the global marketplaceU.S. laws governing corruptionInternal controls and accounting provisions of FCPAThe human factor of corruptionCorporate governance: the key to unmasking corrupt activityNavigating the perils of global businessAnti-money launderingProcurement and construction fraudInformation securityWhistle blower programs Doing business internationally does not need to increase your exposure to fraud and corruption. Filled with case studies, tables, charts, and practical examples, The Anti-Corruption Handbook: How to Protect Your Business in the Global Marketplace equips fraud-fighting professionals?whatever their role or responsibility?with the knowledge and tools needed to obtain a competitive advantage in the global markets of the twenty-first century.