{"id":3122,"date":"2009-05-08T11:44:37","date_gmt":"2009-05-08T10:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/index.php\/2009\/05\/08\/high-powered-chief-executives-back-un-anti-corruption-pact\/"},"modified":"2009-05-14T11:49:22","modified_gmt":"2009-05-14T10:49:22","slug":"high-powered-chief-executives-back-un-anti-corruption-pact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2009\/05\/08\/high-powered-chief-executives-back-un-anti-corruption-pact\/","title":{"rendered":"High-powered chief executives back UN anti-corruption pact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/story.asp?NewsID=30739&amp;Cr=corruption&amp;Cr1=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"090514_corruption.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/090514_corruption.jpg\" title=\"090514_corruption.jpg\" alt=\"090514_corruption.jpg\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>The CEO&#8217;s noted that the UN Convention against Corruption \u2014 signed by 140 countries and ratified by 136 to date \u2014 holds \u201cthe promise of curbing corruption and creates a level playing field for all participants in the global economy.\u201d The letter characterized the Convention as \u201can essential instrument in the fight against corruption,\u201d which is crucial in the current period of financial and economic turmoil to prevent an \u201cerosion of ethical standards that will be hard to reverse.\u201d They also underscored the importance for the Conference of States Parties to the Convention, held in Doha in November, to establish an effective implementation review mechanism. \u201cHoping that the Convention&#8217;s measures will work, without follow-up reviews, would be a dangerous mistake,\u201d wrote the CEOs. \u201cThe adoption of a rigorous implementation review mechanism will send a very positive message to international business,\u201d read the letter, whose signatories included the CEOs of Fuji Xerox of Japan, General Electric Company of the United States, IKEA of Sweden, Royal Dutch Shell of the Netherlands, Sinosteel Corporation of China, Tata Sons of India and Zurich Financial Group of Switzerland.<span class=\"fullstory\">In a letter addressed to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon chief executives from some of the world&#8217;s leading companies have thrown their support behind a United Nations treaty aimed at combating corruption. Image source: un.org. &gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/story.asp?NewsID=30739&amp;Cr=corruption&amp;Cr1=\" target=\"_blank\">Continue<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>News selected by Covalence <span class=\"LinkBlueTransMedium\">| Country: <\/span>France<span class=\"LinkBlueTransMedium\"> | Company: <\/span><span class=\"LinkBlueTransMedium\"><\/span>Fuji Xerox, General Electric, IKEA, Shell, Sinosteel, Tata Sons, Zurich Financial Group <span class=\"LinkBlueTransMedium\">| <\/span>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/story.asp?NewsID=30739&amp;Cr=corruption&amp;Cr1=\" target=\"_blank\">UN News Centre<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fullstory\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CEO&#8217;s noted that the UN Convention against Corruption \u2014 signed by 140 countries and ratified by 136 to date \u2014 holds \u201cthe promise of curbing corruption and creates a level playing field for all participants in the global economy.\u201d The letter characterized the Convention as \u201can essential instrument in the fight against corruption,\u201d which&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":665,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_post_series":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-3122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","entry","no-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/665"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3122"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=3122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}