The countries of Central and Eastern European (CEE) have made impressive progress towards establishing (or re-establishing) democracy, the rule of law and a market economy. However, these countries often inherited conditions conducive to the persistence of corruption, such as a tradition of entrenched mistrust of the State. They have also undertaken transitional tasks that are inherently highly vulnerable to corruption, including the privatisation of their entire economies. The result is a situation in which many CEE countries continue to be troubled by relatively high levels of corruption.

In many transition countries, the development and implementation of anti-corruption programmes are still at an early stage. But because these programmes have become the focal point of anti-corruption efforts in many countries of the region, it is important to continually assess their impact on different dimensions of corruption and to adjust these strategies

accordingly. Anti-corruption programmes that prove ineffective in achieving demonstrable results in a reasonable time frame or, in the worst case, that serve as a rhetorical cover for government inaction undermine public confidence in all future government anti-corruption efforts. Consequently, frequent tracking of the progress and performance of anti-corruption programmes is critical.

However in CEE, many local companies and multinationals’ branches are lacking a structured internal programme to mitigate the impact of corruption in their global affairs.

Most of the situations where corruption scandals raise and produce damages for a company are the result of the inability to act properly on a corporate governance level.

A successful compliance model depends on a vision, control, training and continuous survey.

Nonetheless is fundamental for a company to go beyond compliance in order to really produce a cultural shirt within employee’s and management culture on this issue.

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