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Multinational companies often have inadequate tools for judging business bribery risk; they frequently rely on aggregate, general corruption indexes that may not provide sound information on which to base decisions.

• The lack of good information on bribery risk can lead to less-than-adequate compliance programs, exposing firms to the potential risk of violating anti-corruption laws, or to an overly aggressive and costly approach.

Business leaders and other stakeholders, as well as the literature, identified specific information needed to provide a balanced and objective view of business bribery risk.

• The types of information required included (1) difficulty of doing business; (2) need for interactions with government; (3) the relevant anti-bribery laws and regulations; (4) information concerning enforcement of domestic and international anti-bribery laws and regulations; (5) a measure of government transparency and quality, including budgetary transparency; (6) information about a government's civil service quality and management; and (7) civil society oversight, including the role of the press and media.