Bribe Payers Index

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Bribe Payers Index (BPI) is a measure of how willing a nation's multinational corporations appear to engage in corrupt business practices. [1] The first BPI was published by Transparency International on October 26, 1999, and the last one in 2011. [2] [3] Spokesperson Shubham Kaushik said the organization "decided to discontinue the survey due to funding issues and to focus on issues that are more in line with our advocacy goals". [4]

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The BPI 2011

Methodology

The BPI 2011 ranked 28 of the leading exporting countries on the likelihood that their multinational businesses will use bribes when operating abroad. The ranking is calculated from responses by businesses to two questions on the World Economic Forum’s Executive Opinion Survey.

The first question asks for the country of origin of foreign-owned companies doing the most business in their country. The second question is: "In your experience, to what extent do firms from the countries you have selected make undocumented extra payments or bribes?" Answers are to be given on a scale of 1 (bribes are common or even mandatory) to 10 (bribes are unknown).

The BPI ranking is the average score, with higher scores suggesting a lower likelihood of using bribery.

These countries were selected as the leading international or regional exporting countries. Their combined global exports represented 75 percent of the world's total in 2006. [5] Countries that paid fewer bribes have higher BPIs.

BPI 2011 rankings

RankCountry/TerritoryAverage score [6]
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8.9
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8.8
2Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 8.8
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 8.7
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8.6
6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8.5
6Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8.4
8Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 8.3
8Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 8.3
10Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8.1
11Flag of France.svg  France 8.0
11Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8.0
13Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 7.9
14Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 7.7
15Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 7.6
15Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7.6
15Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 7.6
15Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 7.6
19Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 7.5
19Flag of India.svg  India 7.5
19Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 7.5
22Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 7.4
23Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 7.3
23Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 7.3
25Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 7.1
26Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 7.0
27Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6.5
28Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6.1

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Baughn, Christopher; Bodie, Nancy L.; Buchanan, Mark A.; Bixby, Michael B. (2010). "Bribery in International Business Transactions". Journal of Business Ethics. 92 (1): 15–32. doi:10.1007/s10551-009-0136-7. ISSN   0167-4544. JSTOR   25621541. S2CID   154833690.
  2. ↑ "Bribe Payers Index 2011 - Publications". Transparency.org. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  3. ↑ Pentland, William. "World's Most Bribery-Prone Businesses". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  4. ↑ "Old Wall Street Journal report about corruption in Malaysia recirculates online". Fact Check. 2022-07-26. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  5. ↑ Source: International Monetary Fund, international finance statistics, 2005 figures. Available at: http://tistats.transparency.org/index.php/content/download/39275/622457%5B‍%5D
  6. ↑ "Archived Document". Archived from the original on 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2015-01-15.

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