Stephen Kingsley had a way of coming up with big and implausible plans. An Englishman living in Kansas City, reportedly experienced in the arts of marine salvage and port development, he masterminded a proposal for a massive revival of the Port of Limon on the Atlantic shore of Costa Rica, which had suffered severe damage in a 1991 earthquake. He established a group of on- and offshore companies under the name Owl Securities and Investments. The project’s aim, as pitched to w

In a previous piece about my conversation with Leslie Tsai, Director of Integrity Programs at the Chandler Foundation, I covered the Foundation’s unique anti-corruption work with the International Monetary Fund. In this second of this two-part series, I share some of Tsai’s broader reflections about how to increase collaboration between the anti-corruption community and philanthropists.

As a general rule, private foundations are less active in anti-corruption and governance than in spheres such as culture, education, health and entrepreneurship, to name a few. One exception is the Chandler Foundation, established in 2013, with a vision of building cultures of integrity and high trust across government, the market, and communities. I spoke recently with Director of Integrity Programs Leslie Tsai to learn about one of the Foundation’s efforts...

Compliance teams operating globally must navigate both international anti-corruption regulations and local laws. The UK Bribery Act and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) provide bright-line rules. However, real world interactions are often more complex and do not neatly align with rules. In some places, offering a small favor or a gift is a sign of hospitality and respect, not an attempt to create undue influence.

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are part of Mexico’s economy. They operate in an environment where formal control systems exist alongside informal cash transactions, verbal agreements, and personal networks. Like many SMEs in emerging markets, Mexican SMEs must strive to maintain integrity while under pressure. For some, informality is a shortcut, but for SMEs, it’s a path to stay in business.

What a great question! And a very valid, and sometimes daunting one, at that. But rest assured that even with the use of AI, learning and development teams will become more vital than ever before. Where we will see a shift is the role that the learning and development team will play alongside their latest "team member," Artificial Intelligence (AI).