This webinar offered a platform for the global Collective Action community to come together and continue discussions that were sparked at the 5th International Collective Action Conference in Basel on 24–25 June 2024.

Leading lights in the field of anti-corruption Collective Action discussed practical integrity tools and how to use them effectively to advance anti-corruption initiatives with the private sector.

• Scarlet Wannenwetsch, Senior Collective Action Specialist at Basel Institute on Governance launched the Basel Institute’s new interactive, self-paced eLearning course on Collective Action targeted at anti-corruption practitioners from the private sector, government and civil society who are interested in innovative multi-stakeholder approaches to strengthening business integrity. The course aims to provide participants with practical and hands-on tools to conceptualise, establish and implement Collective Action initiatives, guiding participants through common challenges. | Recording | Slides

• Carolina Echevarria, Head of the Global Secretariat of the Alliance for Integrity, introduced TheIntegrityApp, a digital tool for the self-assessment of compliance programmes which was developed by the Alliance for Integrity together with its partners. The tool specifically aims at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that have little or no experience in compliance. By answering a practical and short questionnaire, users will receive a score between 0 and 100 indicating the status quo of their company or institution in terms of compliance. In order to work on the identified areas for improvement, the app provides free access to training material that offer support to further implement policies to promote integrity in their business or institution. | Recording | TheIntegrityApp

• Dr Paul Vorster, Head of the Research Bureau at The Ethics Institute, shared two ethics assessment tools: (1) the Ethical Culture Maturity Indicator that can be used to measure the ethical culture and climate in private or public organisations and compare it with a norm group, and (2) the Ethics Behaviour Risk Indicator, measuring the frequency of observed unethical conduct as experienced by employees in their day-to-day work. | Recording | Slides

• Kaunain Rahman, Business Integrity Specialist at Transparency International, introduced a number of Collective Action and business integrity tools developed by Transparency International that aim at increasing businesses’ capacity to foster a culture of business integrity within their organisations and engage in multi-stakeholder Collective Action as well as improving regulatory frameworks and compliance control mechanisms. These tools include Integrity Pacts in public procurement, Anti-Corruption Toolkits for Business and the Business Integrity Country Agenda (BICA). | Recording | Slides

• Nils Köbis, Professor for the Human Understanding of Algorithms and Machines at the Research Center Trustworthy Data Science and Security of the University Duisburg-Essen shared insights on the promise and perils of using artificial intelligence to fight corruption. He argued that the success of AI-based anti-corruption tools strongly depends on whether they are implemented top–down (by governments) or bottom–up (by citizens, non-governmental organisations or journalists) and outlined some of the societal and technical challenges that need to be overcome to harness the potential for AI to fight corruption. | Recording | Slides

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