Anti-corruption / Corprate governance

ICC Rules on Combating Corruption

  • 11 December 2023

ICC Rules on Combating Corruption

The ICC Rules on Combating Corruption constitute the cornerstone of ICC's anti-corruption work, serving both as a tool for self-regulation by business and as a roadmap for governments in their efforts to fight extortion and bribery.

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The ICC Rules on Combating Corruption constitute the cornerstone of ICC’s anti-corruption work, serving both as a tool for self-regulation by business and as a roadmap for governments in their efforts to fight extortion and bribery.

These Rules are intended as a method of self-regulation by business against the background of applicable national law and key international legal instruments.

Their voluntary acceptance by enterprises will promote high standards of integrity in business transactions, whether between Enterprises and public bodies or between Enterprises themselves.

These Rules play an important role in assisting enterprises to comply with their legal obligations and with the numerous anti-corruption initiatives at the international level. They also provide an appropriate basis for resisting attempts at extortion or solicitation of bribes.

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Outline

The 2023 edition of the ICC Rules for Combating Corruption consists of four parts:

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