2 November, 2011 Issued in conjunction with the worldwide launch of the Transparency International Bribe Payers Index (BPI) 2011. Bribing public officials when doing business abroad is a regular occurrence, according to a survey of 3,000 business executives from developed and developing countries. Transparency International’s 2011 Bribe Payers Index, released today, ranks 28 leading international and regional exporting countries by the likelihood
Read moreIssued in conjunction with the worldwide launch of the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2010 Malaysia’s 2010 CPI score Malaysia’s 2010 CPI score has declined slightly from 4.5 to 4.4, with the country ranking remaining at 56th (of 178 countries). This is on the back of last year’s plunge of 0.6 and 9 places in the country ranking. In the past year, the government announced initiatives to address corruption, including:
Read moreTI Global Report: Emerging economic giants show high levels of corporate bribery overseas Construction, real estate, oil and gas sectors most prone to corruption London / Berlin, 9 December 2008 - Companies based in emerging economic giants, such as China, India and Russia, are perceived to routinely engage in bribery when doing business abroad, according to Transparency International’s 2008 Bribe Payers Index (BPI), released today. Key findings
Read moreIssued in conjunction with the worldwide launch of the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2009 The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) The CPI focuses on corruption, the abuse of public power for private benefit, in the public sector. The surveys used in compiling the CPI ask about: bribery of public officials, kickbacks in public procurement, embezzlement of public funds, the strength and effectiveness of public sector
Read moreMalaysia’s CPI (Corruption Perceptions Index) 2008 Score Shows no Improvement In the CPI 2008 Malaysia is assessed to have a score of 5.1 the same as the score for 2007. The score for Malaysia for the last eight years since 2001 has straddle between 4.9 (2002) and 5.1 (2005, 2007 & 2008). This shows that the trend of the CPI for Malaysia has remained mediocre at mid point with no real improvement for the last eight years. However, in terms
Read moreHighlights of the CPI 2007: The 2007 CPI looked at perceptions of public sector corruption in 180 countries and territories - the greatest country coverage of any CPI to date - and is a composite index that draws on 14 expert opinion surveys. It scores countries on a scale from zero to ten, with zero indicating high levels of perceived corruption and ten indicating low levels of perceived corruption. The new additions to countries list are, among
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