A New Anti-Corruption Tool for In-House Counsel: Catalog of E-Government Services
After finding corruption was lower when handling certain matters online instead of face-to-face, TRACE launched the TRACE e-Gov Portal, which is the first comprehensive collection of over 15,000 links to e-government services in 90-plus countries.
April 16, 2019 at 05:39 PM
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A couple years ago when Gonzalo Guzman was working as an anti-corruption in-house counsel for GlaxoSmithKline, the company included in its compliance protocol that general managers in each country ask employees to use government services online if possible, rather than engage in person.
Employees and the British company loved the idea, Guzman recounted, because it meant fewer face-to-face meetings over visas, customs, taxes, licenses or other items where a government official could demand a bribe.
GlaxoSmithKline funded a study by the Basel Institute on Governance, at the University of Basel in Switzerland, which reported on a causal link between using e-government services and reducing corruption. Then Guzman mentioned the policy at a 2018 TRACE International conference, where in-house counsel are always looking for new ways to combat bribery.
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