TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– International business is under increasing legal pressure to ensure compliance with legal and other standards on corruption, and thus needs to undertake due diligence on corruption. This paper aims to emphasise that existing sources of information on corruption in specific countries are often limited for interpretative purposes.Design/methodology/approach– Using a number of country studies that look at the causes and legal and institutional responses, as well as other data sources from international agencies, the paper suggests that no one indicator can substantively alert business to the levels and types of corruption in a specific country.Findings– As a preliminary conclusion, the paper proposes that business must undertake more substantive work to understand corruption in a particular country. It also indicates that qualitative sources may be more productive than quantitative sources in providing information that is of use to business in undertaking such work.Originality/value– The paper highlights the need to stress the need to study corruption in a country context.
VL  - 7
IS  - 2
SN  - 1742-2043
DO  - 10.1108/17422041111128221
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/17422041111128221
AU  - Doig Alan
ED  - Ed Brown
ED  - Jonathan Cloke
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/01/01
TI  - Numbers, words and KYC: Knowing Your Country and Knowing Your Corruption
T2  - Critical perspectives on international business
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 142
EP  - 158
Y2  - 2024/04/27
ER  -