The Changing Global Anticorruption Legal Landscape - Dbriefs Poll Responses |
Event Date: 05/09/12
Compared to one year ago, have corruption risks in emerging markets changed?
Votes Received: 1510
| Yes, corruption risks have increased | 737 | 48.8% |
| There has been no change | 310 | 20.5% |
| Yes, corruption risks have significantly decreased | 59 | 3.9% |
| NA/Don’t know | 404 | 26.8% |
In July 2012, one year after the UK Bribery Act enforcement began, will your company have changed its anti-corruption program to comply?
Votes Received: 1689
| Yes | 408 | 24.2% |
| No | 374 | 22.1% |
| NA/Don’t know | 907 | 53.7% |
During the second half of 2012, do you think the number of executives charged individually with corruption violations will change? If yes, how?
Votes Received: 1708
| Yes, it will increase | 873 | 51.1% |
| No, there will be no change | 338 | 19.8% |
| Yes, it will decrease | 113 | 6.6% |
| NA/Don’t know | 384 | 22.5% |
As a result of the financial crisis, do you think the instances of corporate corruption have changed throughout the world?
| Yes, instances of corruption have increased | 899 | 62.6% |
| No, there has been no change | 206 | 14.3% |
| Yes, instances of corruption have decreased | 116 | 8.1% |
| NA/Don’t know | 215 | 15.0% |
One year after UK Bribery Act enforcement began, is your company concerned about a UK action being brought against your organization?
Votes Received: 1238
| Yes | 115 | 9.3% |
| No | 704 | 56.9% |
| NA/Don’t know | 419 | 33.8% |
About the online poll: Deloitte polled more than 1,975 business professionals from the financial services, consumer and industrial products, technology, media and telecommunications, and other industries during a recent webcast titled, “Stress Testing Your Compliance Program.”
Results are aggregated without inclusion of Deloitte viewer responses.
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