China

Fostering a Better Business Environment in China

Beijing New Century Academy on Transnational Corporations (NATC)

Fostering a Better Business Environment in China

Mission

Improve corporate anti-corruption regulations and compliance within Chinese companies, and foster a long-term dialogue on ethical compliance in China

Goals

The project aimed to to improve legal compliance within Chinese companies, make recommendations to improve compliance policy issued by governmental departments, and foster a sustained dialogue on ethics and complaince between these stakeholders.

Stakeholders

The project was lead by the Beijing New Century Academy on Transnational Corporations (NATC) with funding from the Siemens Integrity Initiative.

Activities

To foster dialogue between stakeholders, NATC established a ‘Compliance Executive Club’ including government officials and business executives. To address challenges in organisational compliance, NATCl published a guide for organisational compliance and held tailored training workshops to improve compliance results. For daily support and information, a compliance website containing a thorough database of compliance information was created. To improve compliance policy, NATC developed and presented research-based policy recommendations to the departments responsible for such policies.

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Start Year

Status

  • completed
    Work has finished and deliverables/tasks have been completed.

Countries Operations

Countries Host

Scope

  • national
    Initiative that operates in and focuses mainly on one country, whether on a national or sub-national level.

Industry

Stakeholders

  • Private sector
    Privately owned commercial (for-profit) entities of all sizes, including SMEs
  • Public sector
    National and sub-national, local government entities, agencies from all branches (policy-making, executive, adjudication)
  • Civil society
    non-governmental organisations (national or international), foundations funded by private entities, faith-based organisations, Professional associations, Industry associations, Chambers of Commerce, Local Global Compact Networks

Type

  • Engagement-focused initiative
    Joint declarations of intent, Joint capacity and learning initiatives, Industry-specific working groups, Joint events/awareness raising, Joint activities and integrity tools

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