This guide is a living document that aims to provide companies with ideas on how synergies between the human rights and corruption agendas could potentially be linked.
Specifically, it aims:
- To compare and analyse the anti-corruption and human rights agendas to help businesses and business/employers’ organizations understand the synergies and differences in standards, policies and approaches.
- To contribute to emerging policy discussions that seek to broaden and deepen company action on anti-corruption and human rights, recognizing that there are linkages between the two fields.
- To support those working on corruption risk and those working on human rights risk in companies with practical tips, strategies and business experiences on how they can learn from each other and join forces where suitable by proposing a number of practical questions for self-assessment.
- To provide users of this guide with an overview of the vast array of resources that exist in the fields of anti-corruption and human rights.
Related publications
Quick guide
Quick Guide 24: Internal controls and anti-corruption
2022 | Basel Institute on Governance
Rebecca Batts
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B20 Italy Integrity and Compliance Policy Paper 2021
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Flyer
Flyer: Basel Open Intelligence
2021 | Basel Institute on Governance
Flyer
Flyer: Basel AML Index
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Flyer
Flyer: Basel LEARN and free eLearning courses
2021 | Basel Institute on Governance
Report
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2021 | International Organisation of Employers (IoE), Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS)
anti-corruption compliance
Annual report
Annual Report 2020
2021 | Basel Institute on Governance
Guidelines, Report
Make It Count: Understanding the current and emerging trends in measuring the effectiveness of corporate approaches to anti-corruption
2021 | Transparency International
anti-bribery measures
Working paper
Working Paper 34: Local certification through Collective Action: an innovative approach to anti-corruption compliance and due diligence
2021 | Basel Institute on Governance
Vanessa Hans, Scarlet Wannenwetsch, Gemma Aiolfi
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Article, Commissioned study, Report
The G20’s responsiveness to B20 anti-corruption recommendations 2010–2017. Part I: Baseline report
2020 | Basel Institute on Governance
Scarlet Wannenwetsch
anti-corruption standards
Report
Transparency in Corporate Reporting: South Africa 2020
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Guidelines
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2020 | Norges Bank Investment Management
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B20 Saudi Arabia Integrity and Compliance Policy Paper 2020
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Flyer
Flyer: Synergies in Anti-Corruption & Human Rights Compliance
2020 | Basel Institute on Governance
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Connecting the anti-corruption and human rights agendas: A guide for business and employers’ organisations
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Book
Anti-Corruption Compliance: A Guide for Small and Mid-Sized Organizations
2020 | Edward Elgar Publishing
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Perspectives 3: Asset recovery and wildlife trafficking
2020 | Basel Institute on Governance; The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators
Gretta Fenner
Article
Perspectives 1: Impacts of illegal wildlife trade on business
2020 | Basel Institute on Governance; The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators
Tim Wittig
Article
Perspectives 2: The role of public-private partnerships in combating illegal wildlife trade
2020 | Basel Institute on Governance; The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators
Juhani Grossmann