Global lessons on collective action against corruption

Policy Insights

Fighting corruption is increasingly becoming a business decision, leading companies to implement actions to strengthen business integrity. This, in turn, has led to the emergence of “collective” anticorruption action, involving several companies in the same sector or field of activity banding together to promote greater business integrity on a voluntary basis. This type of collective action, alongside other legal, institutional and administrative reforms, can make a significant contribution to creating a healthier business climate for greater economic development. This report aims to facilitate the diffusion of collective action in the Middle East and North Africa region and beyond by highlighting factors for success and possible pitfalls in implementing collective action initiatives. In particular, this report reviews the pioneering experience of collective action in the health, transportation and energy sectors of Morocco. It presents the different stages of implementing such action to promote integrity and analyses the lessons learned. As such, this document provides practical guidance to companies wishing to launch collective action, as well as governments and representatives of civil society, who can facilitate and/or associate themselves with this action. This work was carried out within the framework of the project “Strengthening business integrity in Morocco”, supported by the Siemens Initiative for Integrity, which assisted Morocco in its determination to strengthen the integrity of companies and create a better environment for foreign investment, international trade and economic development. This project is also part of the long and active collaboration between the OECD and Morocco in the framework of the MENAOECD Competitiveness Programme and the Morocco Country Programme.

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POLICY INSIGHTS . GLOBAL LESSONS ON COLLECTIVE ACTION AGAINST CORRUPTION THE CASE OF MOROCCO

GLOBAL LESSONS ON COLLECTIVE ACTION AGAINST CORRUPTION THE CASE OF MOROCCO

Global Lessons on Collective Action Against Corruption The Case of Morocco

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Global lessons on collective action against corruption

Published on Mar 2, 2020

OECD

This report reviews this pioneering experience in Morocco, presents the different stages of the process of implementing the action to promote integrity and analyses the lessons learned. More generally, the report aims to facilitate the diffusion of collective action in other MENA countries and beyond, in particular by highlighting factors for success and possible pitfalls in implementing collective action initiatives. This document aims to support companies wishing to launch collective action, as well as governments and representatives of civil society, who can facilitate and/or associate themselves with this action. Indeed, alongside other legal, institutional and administrative reforms, bringing together different stakeholders in collective initiatives to promote integrity can make a significant contribution to a healthier business climate for greater economic development.