The Covid-19 crisis created fertile ground for corruption to flourish, with instances of malpractice and exploitation emerging across various sectors. This blog delves into how corruption undermines universal healthcare access, diminishes treatment quality, and erodes trust in healthcare systems. Drawing from IBLF's experience in assessing corruption risk in hospitals, it sheds light on strategies to establish a culture of integrity internally.
November 16, 2023
Highlighting the challenge of overcoming antiquated attitudes and social norms in former authoritarian countries, this letter emphasizes the pivotal role of the private sector, especially new investors and multinationals, in combating corruption. By engaging the whole society in the anti-corruption journey, it envisions Ukraine as a unique experiment in reconstructing both physical infrastructure and societal values.
October 13, 2023
2023 marks the 10th anniversary of IBLF Global. The first decade is the start of IBLF Global's journey. IBLF will continue on this transformative path, to foster integrity and responsible practices, by itself, with partners, international organizations and donors, and to embrace the challenges and opportunities lying ahead.
September 05, 2023
This opinion piece by UNDP and VCCI, drafted by IBLF Global and published in Vietnam Investment Review, outlines these partners’ efforts to build on the business integrity work initiated by IBLF Global in Vietnam in 2016. Since 2018, they have been working together to implement the Government-Business Integrity Initiative to help promote a fair, transparent, and ethical business environment in Vietnam.
October 29, 2021
On this International Women's Day, IBLF Global celebrates the remarkable women who are leading the fight against corruption and promoting business integrity worldwide. IBLF Global stands with these inspiring women and recognizes their unwavering dedication to creating a fair and just business environment for all.
March 08, 2023
This article, written by CEO of IBLF Global, Brook Horowitz, illustrates that corruption in the healthcare sector is a global issue that undermines the quality, accessibility, and equity of healthcare services. The consequences of healthcare corruption are far-reaching and can result in increased morbidity and mortality. This blog highlights some innovative approaches that have shown promise in combating this pervasive issue.
February 01, 2023
What does collective action mean? How can collective action deliver more impact? This article, by IBLF Global's Research and Marketing Manager, Qinyi Liu, explores these questions based on her project management experience at IBLF Global and insights gleaned from the 4th International Collective Action Conference, hosted earlier this year by Basel Institute on Governance.
November 8, 2022
A new article by Phil Mason, Chairman of IBLF Global, probes how conventional compliance can be become the driving force of integrity in corporate culture. Integrity is not an external value that can simply be imposed on people, but part of their ethos.
June 6, 2022
The forces buffeting today’s multinational corporations are fundamentally changing the role of compliance. In this article published in CEP Magazine, IBLF Global’s CEO Brook Horowitz examines what the changing business environment means for compliance officers and corporate culture overall.
March 2021
The contradiction between the stated commitments of some companies to integrity and their trail of ethical scandals is controversial and confusing. Brook Horowitz, CEO of IBLF Global, in this article published by The Room, discusses the dilemma of ethical leadership and how to create a transparent, fair and ethical business environment.
February 10, 2021
In an article co-drafted by IBLF Global and published in the Asia Times, UNDP’s Head of Asia and the Pacific, Kanni Wignaraja, argues that the ASEAN region should follow the EU example and set a high bar to attract, retain and deploy ESG investments if it is to attain the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
November 11, 2020
As Southeast Asia emerges from the pandemic, its governments and companies will need to take on another invisible enemy - corruption. In an opinion article published in the Financial Times, Brook Horowitz, IBLF Global's CEO, analyses how government, business, investors and the application of new technologies can contribute to the fight against corruption in Southeast Asia in the post-Covid era.
April 24, 2020
Collective action, self-regulation and voluntary standards such as the sustainable development goals which Mr Paul Polman had an active hand in, have been part of corporate narratives for years. In this letter published in the Financial Times, IBLF's CEO Brook Horowitz argues that the change that needs to occur touches the very definition of the corporation.
December 3, 2019
Anglo American hosted this online discussion about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. More than 80 participants from 18 countries, including IBLF Global, explored the potential to make SDG 16 a priority for positive societal impact.
September, 2019
Unique demands on businesses during the pandemic have provided new opportunities for graft. In an article co-drafted by IBLF Global and published by the Asia Times, Kanni Wignaraja of UNDP and Jeffrey Schlagenhauf of OECD, discuss how local companies can protect their business integrity during the pandemic.
March 30, 2021
Triple Pundit’s Amy Brown quotes IBLF Global CEO, Brook Horowitz, in her discussion about the annual letter to CEOs from Larry Fink, the head of BlackRock, which has become a much-anticipated event in corporate America.
January 27, 2019
The issue winter 2017/18 of World Trade Matters explores how British companies do business in the following four countries: India, Malaysia, Kenya, Mexico. IBLF Global's CEO, Brook Horowitz, explains how business can say "NO" to corruption in the emerging markets where corruption poses a substantial risk for British exporters.
Winter 2017/2018
SMEs are often said to be the engine of growth; but they are highly vulnerable in the face of bribery and other corrupt practices. In an article published by the Public Administration Review, Jan Dauman, Chairman of IBLF Global and Brook Horowitz, CEO of IBLF Global, provide insights into how to support compliance efforts in the SME community.
October 23, 2018
In this article published by Vietnam News, IBLF Global's CEO Brook Horowitz discusses Vietnam’s latest anti-corruption law in late June published by the Government Inspectorate and how to promote business integrity in the private sector in Vietnam.
October 27, 2016
In this video published by the UK Embassy in Vietnam, IBLF Global’s CEO Brook Horowitz emphasises the importance of helping SMEs in Vietnam resist corruption. To take the fight against corruption to the next level depends not just on introducing new rules and regulations but on making sure they are enforced.
October 18, 2016
Timed to coincide with the Minister meeting to discuss international cooperation in the fight corruption under the G20 Saudi Arabia, this article written by Brook Horowitz, CEO of IBLF Global and published by The Jakarta Post, discusses how ASEAN countries can new technologies to find innovative ways of reducing corruption in public procurement.
October 22, 2020
The IACC held in Washington DC this year brought together anti-corruption campaigners, policy-makers, and civil society actors from around the world. In this article, Brook Horowitz, CEO of IBLF Global reflects on some of the key takeaways from the IACC, including the role of young people in uprooting corruption, the links between corruption and climate change, and the need for greater engagement of the private sector in promoting business integrity.
December 15, 2022