Commission on Corporate Responsibility and Anti-corruption

The International Chamber of Commerce is commited to an efficiently functioning global economy characterized by free and fair competition. 

However, when business transactions are affected by the payment of bribes, they are not transparent and disrupt a sound competitive environment. 

Therefore, ICC's main objective is to encourage self-regulation by business in confronting issues of extortion and bribery, and to provide business input into international initiatives to fight corruption. 

The Commission is composed of:

• anti-corruption policy experts from ICC member companies from a wide range of business sectors and national backgrounds and   
• business representative organizations   

Major tasks and priorities:

• The commission revised and issued ICC rules of conduct and recommendations to combat extortion and bribery.  
• Publication of a Fighting Corruption Handbook  
• Awarness raising of the problem of the solicitation of bribes as a key element in fighting corruption  

• Monitoring of the latest developments relating to the implementation of the UN and OECD conventions against corruption.

Projects for 2010:

• Track developments and provide world business input in major international initiatives on corporate responsibility including: the Global Compact, the ISO Working Group on Social Responsibility, the mandate of the UN Special Representative on business and human rights.
• Develop an ICC perspective on the "business case" for corporate responsibility, based on company experience and existing research.
• Further develop the Commission’s work on supply chain responsibility.
• Prepare with other relevant organizations a training tool, known as "RESIST", to help private sector compliance managers react to solicitation of bribes.
• Draft ICC guidelines on the use of third parties.
• Provide business input to strengthen the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) implementation process.
• Make recommendations for revisions to the ICC rules on anticorruption to take into account UNCAC.  

Commission on Anti-Corruption factsheet (pdf)