Guest Speaker from OECD Talks About Combating Foreign Bribery |
Sunday, 27 March 2011 |
On March 25, Mary Crane-Charef of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) was a guest speaker in Dr. Anand's International Organizations class at the School of in International Relations and Diplomacy at AGS. Mary Crane-Charef is Communications Officer at the Anti-Corruption Division, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs of the OECD. Her presentation focused mainly on the implementation and enforcement of the Anti-Bribery Convention. "Too few realise that the bribery of foreign public officials in international business is a serious crime with serious consequences. Foreign bribery distorts competitive markets and undermines governments and sustainable economic development. The OECD confronts this problem with the Anti-Bribery Convention, which entered into force in 1999. Since then, thirty-eight countries have recognised the risks foreign bribery presents and criminalized this behavior." says Crane-Charef. She also shared a few career tips with students wishing to work in international organizations such as OECD. |
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Sir Christopher MacRae United Kingdom I aim to help my students prepare for life beyond "the groves of academe" - especially how to ask the right questions to work out what is really going on out there. Along the way, they practice writing lucidly and succinctly. It is stimulating teaching such a lively crew. I hope they also find it fun being challenged to analyse the facts without prejudice and to think originally. |