Strong corporate governance, business ethics and robust compliance, underpinned by clear laws and effective enforcement, are critical to combat corruption. However, in its seminal 2008 Fighting Corruption through Collective Action: A Guide for Business, the World Bank Institute documented “a third area”: tools “that allow companies to come together collectively and voluntarily to raise practice standards and to reduce corruption,” including “integrity pacts…

The implications for the fight against corruption stemming from potential FCPA enforcement changes were examined meticulously in these pages. To situate these changes within the broader framework of business ethics, I spoke recently with Alison Taylor, Clinical Associate Professor at NYU Stern School of Business, former Executive Director of Ethical Systems, and author of 2024’s acclaimed Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World.

In the Financial Times, “Impact investors look to soften Trump aid blow,” Simon Mundy writes that while impact investment “cannot plug all the holes left by the slashing of international aid, it may at least be able to offset some of the effect”.

How will changes in the foreign aid sector impact organizations that sit at the intersection of private sector and donor-funded anti-corr...