Collective action and the B20 agenda

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1 Collective action and the B20 agenda Gretta Fenner Zinkernagel International Centre for Collective Action Basel Institute on Governance Basel Institute on Governance I Steinenring 60 I CH-4051 Basel I Phone +41 (0) I info@baselgovernance.org

2 1. What is Collective Action? Collective Action is a coordinated, sustained process whereby businesses and their partners jointly tackle the problems of corruption that affect them all. Initiatives vary in their geographical scope, stakeholder composition and operating mechanism Collective Action initiatives may involve: Declarations and joint activities Standard-setting initiatives Transparency pacts or integrity pacts With or without monitoring mechanism or arbitrator Page 2

3 Enforceability, commitment, behavioral change 2. Typologies Global: EITI, CoST National: Berlin airport; Mexico Social Witness/Procurement Integrity Pacts, Brazil Clean games initiative, Colombia HLRM Transparency Pact Global: WEF PACI, IFPMA CoPractice, Wolfsberg Group, ICC AC Clause Regional: European Aerospace/Defense Initiative, DII National: Korea PACT on AC&T, Brazilian Business Pact, IBLF Industrial Company Working Group Global: UNGC, Maritime AC Network Regional: Multilatinas compliance dialogue National: RSA National AC Forum, IBL Business Ethics Initiative, China Business Leaders Forum Page 3 Integrity Pacts Standard setting initiatives Declarations and joint activities Targeted commitments Monitoring Enforceable in courts, possibly sanctions Targeted codes of conduct, monitored compliance Aim to harmonize compliance Declaration of intent Self-enforcement Joint activities, peer pressure First step to build trust

4 3. Why Collective Action? Collective Action builds on the fundamental principle of Business driven integrity : Complement corporate ABC programs to address the systemic and environmental causes of corruption and level the competitive playing field; systemic causes of corruption cannot be dealt with adequately by single companies Go beyond internal compliance and ethics programs and take positive actions to avoid being repeatedly caught up in a corruption dilemma Broader solutions that tackle both the supply and demand sides make sense for companies and other stakeholders including state actors. Page 4

5 4. Key success factors Trust Time A joint understanding of the business case A joint understanding of: Risks -> Risk assessment Underlying environment -> Stakeholder mapping and formal/informal power systems Drivers and levers of change -> Transformation mapping Page 5

6 5. B20 Collective Action Hub (1) Los Cabos 2012 B20 recommendations: Create a central hub with a userfriendly interface ( ) to document, measure and share existing Collective Action and sectoral initiatives across industry sectors and countries. The head of such a hub should possess broad experience in anti-corruption, including direct experience in a Collective Action Initiative. St Petersburg 2013 B20 recommendations: ( ) Collective Action Hub ( ) will create a major resource for business, government and civil society to enable new approaches and techniques for avoiding and resisting corruption. B20 Task Force decision: The Hub to be led and managed by the Basel Institute, working in partnership with the UNGC who will lead the local reach. Page 6 Steering Committee: IACA, OECD, TRACE, Transparency International, Universidad de San Andres, World Economic Forum

7 5. B20 Collective Action Hub (2) Design and operate an interactive information exchange platform Provide tools ( how-to guides, Basel Institute and partner tools UNGC, TRACE, WEF/PACI -, etc.) Conduct applied academic and case studies into CA initiatives (effectiveness, conditions for success and failure, etc.) Act as incubator and facilitator for targeted sectoral or local/national CA initiatives Provide advice to stakeholders Facilitate and support local level initiatives (through the UN Global Compact and local stakeholders) Page 7

8 6. Status quo / Next steps Information exchange website pilot launched by end-2013 Full version launched by mid-2014 Continued facilitation of CA initiatives, e.g.: Energy and Transport Integrity Working Group (ABB, Alstom, GE, Siemens) Large infrastructure sector Initiative Wolfsberg Group and participation in PACI High Level Reporting Mechanism(s) UNGC local network activities New initiatives (facilitation payments in targeted countries, sectors) Page 8 Outreach to new Initiatives (Argentina, defense & aerospace, Maritime Network, etc.)