There is a business case for anti-corruption regulations: Martin Kreutner

Anti-corruption measures need ownership and participation by the corporate business sector

Austria-based International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) is a United Nations-recognised intergovernmental organisation that specialises in providing anti-corruption education and is doing research in the field. Martin Kreutner, dean and executive secretary, IACA, discusses with Sudipto Dey recent trends in anti-corruption regulations across countries.

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How have anti-corruption regulations evolved globally in recent years?

The international anti-corruption movement is relatively young and became more or less established in the 1990s. It became commonly accepted that there was a need for international cooperation to address this issue. This led to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), the only legally binding anti-corruption