Corruption in international business the challenge of cultural and legal diversity /

• Main Author: Eicher, Sharon.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Gower, c2009.
• Series: Corporate social responsibility series.
• Subjects: International business enterprises > Corrupt practices.; Business enterprises, Foreign > Corrupt practices.; Corruption.; International business enterprises.; TRUE CRIME > White Collar Crime.; Electronic books.
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International business involves complex, ethically challenging, and sometimes threatening, dilemmas that can involve political and personal agendas. As a result, it can often be difficult to discern corruption against what may be a different set of cultural norms. In this book, Sharon Eicher examine...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction : what corruption is and why it matters
• Government for hire
• When shareholders lose (or win) through corruption
• The good and evil faces of foreign investment
• Quantifying the immeasurable
• Critiquing the indicators of corruption and governance
• Corruption in Chinese sports culture
• Exploring corruption in the petroleum sector
• Risk management : playing by the rules
• Changing the rules : how the transition economy of Kyrgyzstan is reforming public corruption
• An institutional approach to understanding corruption in BRIC countries
• Private-sector incentives for fighting international corruption
• Conclusion.