OECD Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions

The Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials was released on 9 December 2009, when the OECD marked the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.

The Recommendation was adopted by the OECD in order to enhance the ability of the 39 States Parties to the Anti-Bribery Convention to prevent, detect and investigate allegations of foreign bribery and includes the Good Practice Guidance on Internal Controls, Ethics and Compliance. For more information about the Recommendation:

• Full text of the 2009 Anti-Bribery Recommendation (pdf)
• Annex II of the Recommendation: Good Practice Guidance (pdf)
• News release: "OECD calls on businesses to step up their fight with the Good Practice Guidance" (March 2010)
• News release: "Governments agree to step up fight against bribery" (December 2009) 
• Overview of the 2009 Anti-Bribery Recommendation

Related documents

• Public consultations on the Recommendation
• Text and implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
• OECD Initiative to Raise Global Awareness of Foreign Bribery