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FAIR's report to “Whistleblowing for Change” conference, Berlin

Topics: 
FAIR, Transparency International, Conferences
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5

Since FAIR was not able to attend this conference in person, I am pleased to provide a brief update on the status of whistleblowing in Canada. The outlook for whistleblowers in Canada continues to be extremely bleak.

The law covering government whistleblowers is deeply flawed, poorly administered in our view, and has produced almost no results in 6 years of operation. For the past year the federal government has blocked much-needed reforms to this Act by ignoring the statutory requirement to conduct a 5-year review.

Transparency International strengthens focus on whistleblowing

Topics: 
Transparency International, Trip reports
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5

David Hutton – June 14, 2012

Berlin, Germany—On 24 May, twenty-seven delegates from fifteen countries took part in an experts roundtable to finalize the content of Transparency International's Recommended principles for whistleblower legislation – a guidance document for lawmakers.

It was fitting that this Transparency International Whistleblowing Experts Roundtable took place in eastern Berlin, not far from where the wall dividing East from West finally started to come down – signalling one of the most sweeping (and unexpected) political changes of our time. This meeting was also about creating change: providing legislators around the world with an important tool to help push back the tide of corruption.

Study Praises Netherlands Integrity System

Topics: 
Transparency International, Research, Europe
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0

Samuel Rubenfeld – May 14, 2012

A Transparency International study of the Dutch anti-corruption framework praised the country, but said individuals committing wrongdoing should face more ridicule.

The Netherlands has a “relatively strong” national integrity system, the report said, specifically praising the legislature, executive and judiciary. But the strongest institution, according to the report, is the ombudsman, who has wide latitude to design an integrity policy and has gone further than the law requires.

Transparency leads to less corruption

Topics: 
Corruption, Transparency International, Anti-corruption efforts
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0
Huguette Labelle

Diane Francis – February 3, 2012

Huguette Labelle has had a distinguished career as a civil servant in Canada, as a federal deputy minister then as head of the Canadian International Development Agency for six years. Since 2005, she has been Chair of Transparency International in Berlin, founded in 1993. It is a non-governmental organization that monitors and publicizes corporate and political corruption.

She spoke with Diane Francis at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week about Transparency International and the issue of corruption which has risen to the top of the geopolitical agenda, sparking the Arab Spring, Indian Summer, Chinese protests, Occupy Wall Street and Russia’s anti-Putin movement.

Transparency International Cuts FIFA Ties

Topics: 
Transparency International, Sport, Anti-corruption efforts
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2

Samuel Rubenfeld – December 1, 2011

Transparency International withdrew its assistance to international soccer’s governing body, reports said.The Berlin-based anti-corruption group had been a consultant on a reform plan from Fédération Internationale de Football Association, or FIFA, as the body tries to distance itself from a myriad of scandals.

It broke off the relationship because a committee tasked with guiding reform, led by Mark Pieth, won’t look into the allegations of impropriety in the past and because FIFA is paying Pieth, said Sylvia Schenk, Transparency International’s sports adviser, who spoke to Bloomberg and the AP.

Canada loses ground on foreign bribery ranking

Topics: 
Transparency International, Corporate ethics, Foreign corrupt practices legislation
Rating: 
4

Julian Sher – December 1, 2011

Canada has slipped from the top spot of countries with a reputation for honest overseas business practices to a much less impressive middle ranking among Western countries whose companies pay bribes abroad.

The Bribe Payers 2011 Index, compiled by the global anti-corruption group Transparency International and slated for release on Wednesday, has Canada tied with Australia in 6th place – a sharp decline from the last survey done in 2008, when Canada tied for first place with Belgium as “least likely to bribe abroad.”

Canada slips again in global corruption ranking

Topics: 
Corruption, Transparency International
Rating: 
4

Julian Sher –December 1, 2011

Canada continues to slip in global corruption standings, falling from 6th to 10th place in the Corruption Perceptions Index to be released Thursday. It is Canada’s worst showing in five years in the survey by Transparency International, which ranks 183 countries in order of ‘very clean’ down to ‘highly corrupt,’ by their perceived levels of corruption based on expert assessments and domestic opinion surveys.

But Peter Dent, a director of TI in Canada and the national forensic leader at Deloitte saw the ranking as good news because it measured growing public awareness of a problem.

FAIR joins NGOs urging G20 to apply whistleblower best practices

Topics: 
International, FAIR, Transparency International, Legislation
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5

David Hutton – September 15, 2011

In its 2010 Anti-Corruption Plan the G20 group committed to implementing whistleblower protection legislation by end 2012 – a strong commitment for many of the G20 members which include countries like China, Russia and Saudi Arabia, and a new opportunity to create best practice legislation in Canada.

To help ensure that this legislation reflects best practice, FAIR and eight other NGOs have joined forces to provide recommendations to the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group.

TI Russia head cautions foreign companies

Topics: 
Corruption, Transparency International, Russia
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1
Dmitry Medvedev

Luke Balleny – September 2, 2011

Foreign companies that aren’t big multinationals should think carefully before setting up a business in Russia, as endemic corruption makes it difficult to compete without paying bribes, says Elena Panfilova, director-general of Transparency International Russia’s Center for Anti-Corruption Research and Initiative.

Panfilova spoke to TrustLaw about Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s crusade against corruption, civil society’s role in fighting graft and why she’s optimistic about the future of Russia’s anti-graft battle.

Government complacent about level of UK corruption, claims group

Topics: 
Corruption, Transparency International, UK
Rating: 
2

Rob Evans – June 15, 2011

The true extent of corruption in Britain is much more widespread and deep-rooted than the government recognises, but the official agencies that crack down on the problem are being weakened or dismantled, a campaign group warns.

The anti-corruption group, Transparency International, has issued a "wake-up call" as it believes that key government departments are too complacent or even in denial about the increasing threat of corruption.

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