Compliance Alliance

The Russian Compliance Alliance www.compliancealliance.ru is an online self-evaluation questionnaire which covers the requirements of the American Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the UK Bribery Act, Russian legislation, etc.

Purpose:

Education: educate companies about global legal principles;
Due diligence: provide a standard to protect participating multinationals against third party liability under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and UK Bribery Act;
Audit: provide a compliance certification tool
Standardization: improve efficiency of the due diligence process by providing a centralized information source.

Features:

Multilingual capability. (Current languages are English and Russian.)
Anonymity. No identifying information is required. Participants will be provided with a private URL address.
Registration. Participants have the option of putting their names in a registry; this information will not be connected to their answers, but can indicate to prospective customers that they have taken the survey.
Scoring: The questions are weighted by importance and scores are provided for each topic and for the questionnaire overall.
Benchmarking: This will be available when enough data is accumulated.

History.

This model was developed based on input from Russian compliance officers, primarily from multinational corporations; and Western and Russian lawyers. Click here to see our network of interested organizations.

The pilot was introduced in July 2014; pilot companies were ABB, Coca Cola, Glaxo Smith Kline, and Pfizer. The introduction was stalled by concurrent political events in Crimea and the Ukraine.

This is a non-commercial initiative. We are happy to discuss customizing it for any interested organization, e.g., logo, URL, language.

JAN 2017, Anti-Corruption Law Interest Group (ASIL) Winter Conference (Miami, FL): Patricia Dowden presents a paper on Stakeholder Trust as a business ethics tool.

NOV 2016, Public Procurement Institute (Moscow): Director Khramkin, and Adviser Ermakova describe potential cooperation with the Russian Compliance Alliance, including its use in their education and certification programs. See page 16

http://roszakupki.ru/upload/book/Vestnik/VESTNIK_ROSZAKUPKI_2016_11.pdf.

OCT 2016, Vedemosti Antimonopoly Conference (Moscow): An Antitrust Self-Assessment Questionnaire, based on the Russian Compliance Alliance, is presented as a tool to be used in the implementation of new anti-trust regulations proposed by the Federal Antimonopoly Service.

OCT 2016, Higher School of Economics (Moscow):Patricia Dowden presents Balanced Scorecard and Stakeholder Trust metrics to a Department of Human Resources Masters class https://www.hse.ru/ma/hrm/news/195213046.html.

OCT 20-21, 2016, B20 Collective Action Hub Conference (Basel, Switzerland) (See Collective Action: Evidence, Experience and Impact): CFBE Director Professor Philip Nichols presents a paper on Stakeholder Trust .

SEPT 5, 2016, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Workshop (Lima, Peru): CFBE Director Professor Philip Nichols presents on "Business Case for Anti-Corruption Compliance"; CFBE President Patricia Dowden presents the Russian Compliance Alliance online self evaluation system.

JUNE 26, 2016, Philadelphia Inquirer Op Ed: Stakeholder Trust concept is proposed as a tool for addressing corruption in Philadelphia's political culture. Click here to read.

APR 30 - MAY 1, O.P. Jindal Global University (New Delhi, India): CFBE Director Professor Philip Nichols chairs a business ethics conference; CFBE President Patricia Dowden presents a paper on Russian Compliance Alliance and Stakeholder Trust. Click here to read.

APRIL 19, 2016, Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service: CFBE President Patricia Dowden meets with FAS Deputy Director to discuss using Russian Compliance Alliance online self-evaluation to roll out new antimonopoly regulations.

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