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Combating Bribery and Corruption

Combating Bribery and Corruption

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United Kingdom Bribery Act 2010: What does it mean for New Zealand business?

New Zealand has signed and ratified a number of important international treaties designed to address corruption and bribery. They include:

And recently (in 2003) New Zealand signed, and is currently undertaking the work necessary to ratify, the following:

In October 2006, the OECD examined New Zealand for compliance with the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.
New Zealand Phase II Report, Executive Summary (PDF, 22Kb) (View HTML version).
The full text of the report is available on the OECD's web site at: www.oecd.org/infobycountry.

This web site is divided into four parts:

PART ONE: LEGAL FRAMEWORK

Identifies the domestic and international legal and administrative ways to combat corruption. For instance, bribery and corruption offences are found in:

Part One discusses these offences and also contains sections discussing the following:

PART TWO: ACCOUNTABILITY

Discusses some of the more important ways in which corrupt practices can be uncovered or exposed and which make it difficult to conceal corruption.

PART THREE: CONSEQUENCES

Identifies the primary measures that can be taken against people involved in bribery and corruption.

PART FOUR: FURTHER INFORMATION

The final part of this web site deals with:

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