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Short Takes
7 August 2018
Transparency International UK announced that the Global Anti-Corruption Pledge Tracker is now live.
The Anti-Corruption Pledge Tracker monitors the progress of the commitments made by governments at the 2016 Anti-Corruption Summit.
Exporting Corruption Report 2018 to be released in SeptemberOn Wednesday 12 September in Berlin, Transparency International will be releasing the Exporting Corruption Report 2018.
Read more…Anonymous whistleblowing tool
7 August 2018
The Commerce Commission has launched an anonymous whistleblowing tool to enable people to report cartels without being identified.
Cartel conduct is where two or more businesses agree not to compete with each other through conduct including price fixing, dividing up markets, bid rigging, or restricting output of goods and services. Cartels deprive consumers and other businesses of the benefits of competition in markets and may result in higher prices,
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Foreign Beneficial Owners need to be registered – New Zealanders already are!
7 August 2018
Ashton Johnstone
By Ashton Johnstone
Transparency International New Zealand Member
Masters of Anti-money Laundering and Counter Terrorism
New Zealand already has a central register of company details about beneficial ownership which is a publicly accessible online for any person, organisation and for law enforcement anywhere in the world. It is the only register in the world that is completely free to search and almost all of the company details are online.
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Lessons learnt from Ministry of Transport fraud case
7 August 2018
Debbie Gee
TINZ Member with Delegated Authority for Whistleblowing
The high-profile $725,000 fraud perpetrated at the Ministry of Transport by its former GM Organisational Development Joanne Harrison had many victims.
- Those Ministry staff who tried to escalate her continued non-compliance were ignored and subsequently disadvantaged through Harrison’s actions.
- Former colleagues,
Blockchain – Fad or Fail?
7 August 2018
Tod Cooper
“Blockchain is a distributed ledger technology with the power to change the world. That doesn’t just mean banking, business, legal services and supply chains but the way all of us buy and sell, control our assets and live our lives.” – Judy Wilford – Blockchain for beginners.
Tod Cooper
Member with delegated authority for
Procurement/ Online Training/ Whistleblowing
By Tod Cooper
Member with delegated authority for Procurement
Initial version appeared in Employers and Manufacturers Association BusinessPlus Magazine
Safeguarding the integrity of Australian sport
7 August 2018
The Australian Government released a review of Australia’s Sports Integrity Arrangements – the most comprehensive analysis of Australia’s sports integrity arrangements ever undertaken.
“The Review acknowledges Australia’s position as a world leader in sports integrity; however, identifies serious and emerging threats that require a national approach,” said the Australian Minister for Sport, the Hon Bridget McKenzie.
Read more…NZX slamed for lack of transparency
7 August 2018
As a followup to her July Transparency Times article NZX needs transparency and modernisation to support New Zealand’s future TINZ Chair Suzanne Snively was interviewed by the National Business Review. The resulting article is titled Corruption watchdog slams NZX for lack of transparency (N.B. the paywall can be by-passed by one-time registration for free limited weekly access).
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Increasing the Transparency of the Beneficial Ownership
Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ) Submission on discussion document: Increasing the Transparency of the Beneficial Ownership of New Zealand Companies and Limited Partnerships.
Read the full TINZ Submission on Beneficial Ownership.