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Jamshyd N Godrej [Get Quote], chairman and managing director, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd is the only Indian corporate leader to have committed to supporting a zero-tolerance policy in a WEF-led collaborative move to fight corruption and bribery.
In all 62 corporate leaders from around the world are supporting the move.
The World Economic Forum's Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI) announced at the Foundation's Annual Meeting 2005 that the following companies have signed the support statement to the Partnering Against Corruption Principles for Countering Bribery (PACI Principles):
The PACI principles are derived from Transparency International's Business Principles for Countering
Bribery and call for two fundamental actions:
The companies' support means they will either implement anti-bribery and anti-corruption practices based on the PACI principles or use them to benchmark and improve their existing programmes so they achieve the objectives of the PACI Principles.
The widespread adoption of the PACI principles will raise business standards across the world and contribute to the goals of good governance and economic development.
"The overwhelming positive response to the Partnering Against Corruption Initiative demonstrates both the desire and urgency of addressing this issue," said Klaus Schwab, Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum.
Additionally, "The commitment of the signatory companies marks a significant step towards tackling corruption and bribery from a corporate perspective. The signatories' have demonstrated courage and leadership. We hope that many more companies will follow their example and support the PACI principles."
ABB Ltd [Get Quote] | Switzerland | Dinesh C. Paliwal | CEO, North America |
Alcan Inc. | Canada | Travis Engen | President and CEO |
Areva | France | Anne Lauvergeon | Chairman of the Board |
Autostrade SpA | Italy | Gian Maria Gros-Pietro | Chairman |
Aveng Limited | South Africa | Carl Grim | CEO |
Bechtel Group Inc. | USA | Riley P. Bechtel | Chairman and CEO |
Biwater Plc | United Kingdom | Adrian E. White | Group Chairman |
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority | Canada | Bob G. Elton | President and CEO |
CEZ AS (Ceske Energeticke Zavody) | Czech Republic | Martin Roman | Chairman and CEO |
CH2M HILL Companies Ltd | USA | Ralph R. Peterson | Chairman and CEO |
Cinergy Corp. | USA | James E. Rogers | Chairman and CEO |
Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) | Greece | Samer Khoury | Executive Vice-President |
Corporacion IMPSA | Argentina | Enrique Pescarmona | President |
Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile (CODELCO) | Chile | Juan Villarzu | President and CEO |
Daesung Group | Republic of Korea | David Y. H. Kim | Chairman and CEO |
De Beers Group of Companies | United Kingdom | Andrew Bone | Head, Public Affairs |
Emirates National Oil Company Ltd | Dubai | Hussain M. Sultan | Group Chief Executive |
Enel SpA | Italy | Piero Gnudi | Chairman |
Eskom | South Africa | Thulani S. Gcabashe | Chief Executive |
Falck Group | Italy | Achille A. Colombo | Managing Director |
Fluor Corporation | USA | Alan Boeckmann | Chairman and CEO |
Fouad Alghanim & Sons Gro= up of Companies | Kuwait | Fouad M. T. Al-Ghanim | Chairman and CEO |
Georgsmarienhutte Holding GmbH | Germany | J�rgen Grossmann | Owner and CEO |
Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd | India | Jamshyd N. Godrej | Chairman and Managing Director |
Grupo Marhnos | Mexico | Nicolas Mariscal | Chairman of the Board |
Halcrow Group Ltd | United Kingdom | Anthony K. Allum | Chairman |
Hamza Alkholi Group | Saudi Arabia | Hamza B. Al Kholi | Chairman and CEO |
Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | Liechtenstein | Pius Baschera | CEO |
Hochtief Aktiengesellschaft | Germany | Hans-Peter Keitel | Chairman and CEO |
Ivalsa Group | Argentina | Carlos Augusto Vallet | CEO |
Karl Steiner AG | Switzerland | Peter Steiner | Chairman of the Board |
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation | Kuwait | Hani A. Hussain | CEO |
Lahoud Engineering Co. Ltd = strong> | Lebanon | Samir Lahoud | Chairman |
Lenenergo JSC | Russian Federation | Andrey Likhachev | General Director |
Mori Building Company Limited | Japan | Minoru Mori | President and CEO |
Murray & Roberts Holdings | South Africa | Brian C. Bruce | Group Chief Executive |
Newmont Mining Corporation | USA | Wayne W. Murdy | Chairman and CEO |
Norsk Hydro ASA | Norway | Eivind Reiten | President and CEO |
Obayashi Corporation | Japan | Takeo Obayashi | Chairman |
Occidental Petroleum Corporation | USA | Ray R. Irani | Chairman and CEO |
Ormat Industries Ltd | Israel | Lucien Y. Bronicki | Chairman |
Pakistan State Oil Company Limited (PSO) | Pakistan | Tariq Kirmani | MD and CEO |
Peremba Group of Companies | Malaysia | Razali Abdul Rahman | Chairman |
Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras | Brazil | Ildo Sauer | Managing Director |
PETRONAS (Petroliam Nasional Bhd) | Malaysia | Hassan Marican | President and CEO |
Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA | Poland | Igor Chalupec | President and CEO |
Rio Tinto Plc | United Kingdom | Leigh Clifford | CEO |
Royal Boskalis Westminster NV | Netherlands | Robert van Gelder | CEO |
Santos Ltd | Australia | John Ellice-Flint | MD and CEO |
Sasol Limited | South Africa | Pieter V. Cox | Deputy Chairman |
Schindler Holding Ltd | Switzerland | Alfred Sp�rri | Member of the Board |
Skanska AB | Sweden | Stuart E. Graham | President and CEO |
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. | Canada | Jacques Lamarre | President and CEO |
Statoil ASA | Norway | Helge Lund | President and CEO |
Sual-Holding | Russian Federation | Victor F. Vekselberg | Chairman |
TNK-BP Management | Russian Federation | Robert W. Dudley | President and CEO |
Turner Construction - International LLC | USA | Nicholas E. Billotti | President and CEO |
Umicore | Belgium | Thomas Leysen | CEO |
Vattenfall | Sweden | Lars G. Josefsson | President and CEO |
Washington Group International | USA | Stephen G. Hanks | President and CEO |
Woodside Petroleum Ltd | Australia | Donald R. Voelte | MD and CEO |
Zumtobel AG | Austria | Andreas Ludwig | Executive Chairman |
Up until today the PACI focused on three sectors: energy, engineering & construction, and mining & metals.
Within the World Economic Forum's activities, the energy as well as the engineering & construction communities have addressed the issue since 2002, and the mining & metals community since 2003. Given the progress achieved in these three sectors, the PACI board has agreed on Friday to expand the scope of the PACI and to reach out to other sectors as well.
"The need to tackle corruption proactively goes far beyond the energy, engineering & construction, and mining & metals sectors. The private sector has to take action to prevent bribery and corruption, and especially in the so-called higher risk industries such as the logistics & transport, pharmaceutical and defence sectors," said Mark Pieth, Chairman of the Working Group on Bribery at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris, and member of the PACI Board.
He added: "After seeing the positive dynamic created by the PACI in these three sectors, we are convinced the Initiative has the potential to bring about significant progress in other sectors as well. We are counting on the leaders of other industries to pick up this challenge and to take steps to prevent bribery in their respective industries."
The initiative seeks to:
The PACI board members are:
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