Myanmar curse / China judicial interpretation / NGO corruption – part 2
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COMMENTARY: Corruption - our curse (Eleven Myanmar editorial). “Myanmar was ranked 147 out of 168 countries in the 2015 Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. In Asean, Myanmar is the second worst to Cambodia. The country's corruption needs to be addressed with great care amid its reform process. “
Eleven Myanmar: http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/editorial/corruption-our-curse
COMMENTARY: China Law Update - Judicial Interpretation on Corruption and Bribery Crimes. “On April 18, 2016, the Chinese Supreme People's Court and the Chinese Supreme People's Procuratorate jointly issued the Interpretation of Several Issues concerning the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases related to Corruption and Bribery (the “Judicial Interpretation”)… This Judicial Interpretation is important in that it adjusts the monetary thresholds for bribery prosecutions and sentencing, includes ‘intangible benefits’ in the crime of official bribery, clarifies that a thank-you gift after improper benefits are sought still constitutes bribery, and clarifies when leniency may be given. These changes have important implications for the compliance policies of companies operating in China.”
Bingna Guo and Sean Wu, O'Melveny & Myers LLP/JD Supra Business Advisor: http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/china-law-update-judicial-17577/
COMMENTARY: Corruption Among Development NGOs, Part 2–The Hot Potato of Upward Accountability. “Grantmakers are likely to have an evidence-based opinion of the quality of their local NGO (LNGO) partners’ financial management, governance, and fraud risk (and fraud incidence). After all, grantmakers assess organizational soundness before awarding a first grant to a potential partner LNGO, periodically monitor the work being funded by that grant, and require extensive, often cumbersomely regular, results and financial reporting, as well as yearly or project-based external audits. To put it simply: Grantmakers conduct regular due diligence (in the broad sense of the term) on LNGOs.””
Roger Henke/Global Anticorruption Blog: https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/06/09/guest-post-corruption-among-development-ngos-part-2-the-hot-potato-of-upward-accountability/
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COMMENTARY: Corruption - our curse (Eleven Myanmar editorial). “Myanmar was ranked 147 out of 168 countries in the 2015 Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. In Asean, Myanmar is the second worst to Cambodia. The country's corruption needs to be addressed with great care amid its reform process. “
Eleven Myanmar: http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/editorial/corruption-our-curse
COMMENTARY: China Law Update - Judicial Interpretation on Corruption and Bribery Crimes. “On April 18, 2016, the Chinese Supreme People's Court and the Chinese Supreme People's Procuratorate jointly issued the Interpretation of Several Issues concerning the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases related to Corruption and Bribery (the “Judicial Interpretation”)… This Judicial Interpretation is important in that it adjusts the monetary thresholds for bribery prosecutions and sentencing, includes ‘intangible benefits’ in the crime of official bribery, clarifies that a thank-you gift after improper benefits are sought still constitutes bribery, and clarifies when leniency may be given. These changes have important implications for the compliance policies of companies operating in China.”
Bingna Guo and Sean Wu, O'Melveny & Myers LLP/JD Supra Business Advisor: http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/china-law-update-judicial-17577/
COMMENTARY: Corruption Among Development NGOs, Part 2–The Hot Potato of Upward Accountability. “Grantmakers are likely to have an evidence-based opinion of the quality of their local NGO (LNGO) partners’ financial management, governance, and fraud risk (and fraud incidence). After all, grantmakers assess organizational soundness before awarding a first grant to a potential partner LNGO, periodically monitor the work being funded by that grant, and require extensive, often cumbersomely regular, results and financial reporting, as well as yearly or project-based external audits. To put it simply: Grantmakers conduct regular due diligence (in the broad sense of the term) on LNGOs.””
Roger Henke/Global Anticorruption Blog: https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/06/09/guest-post-corruption-among-development-ngos-part-2-the-hot-potato-of-upward-accountability/