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FIDIC Business Integrity Management Survey 2005
Surveys
SURVEY CLOSED. The survey was reported at the FIDIC 2005 Annual Conference, Beijing, 4-8 September 2005.
 
Results presentation
 
FIDIC 2005 Conference: presentation of the final results (PPT)
 
 Results summary
 
Is managing business integrity a main priority for your firm? 100% YES
Is improving compliance to business integrity principles important to your firm? 100% YES
BIM in place or implementing in the next 12 months 60%  40% BIM not in place and not implementing in the next 12 months
 
QM in place or implementing in the next 12 months 100% 100% QM in place or implementing in the next 12 months
First/second/third party reviewed 25% 0% 75% 10% 10% 80% First/second/third party reviewed
BIM part of QM 80%  
  9% Aware of BIM processes
 
 Preliminary conclusions
 
All respondents to date have QM in place, which is mainly-third party reviewed (75 - 80%); all have BIM and BIM compliance as priorities.
 
For this QM aware population, 60% have implemented BIM and of these 80% by extending the QM scope.
 
Of the 40% who have not implemented BIM, only 9% are aware of the requirements.
 
 Introduction
 
To operate successfully in a global market, a firm’s procedures will have to conform to accepted best practices to eliminate bribery, fraud, extortion and collusion. Most firms are presently “doing their best” to define and implement anti-corruption policies. They will be referencing policies to global principles and international conventions, adopting self-regulation based on internationally recognized rules and becoming signatories to anti-corruption initiatives. 

However, many firms lack consistency in their day-to-day business transactions and fail to obtain systematic feedback to improve processes. Business Integrity Management (BIM, see www.fidic.org/bim05 for details) provides a framework to connect and transform isolated acts of integrity assurance into a complete management system by requiring an internal programme or system that is designed to prevent corrupt behaviour. Since business integrity and quality management are intimately interrelated, FIDIC advocates that firms engage in BIM as an extension of their quality processes. 

FIDIC published BIM Guidelines in 2001 and has promoted the concept on the both the demand and supply sides of the consulting engineering industry. It is now surveying firms to identify the response to and need for BIM. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey because it is vital that firms share experience on how they are addressing corruption.

The survey seeks replies from firms of all sizes that provide consulting engineering services both nationally and internationally. It hopes to reach firms which have not implemented BIM in some form and to ascertain their reasons. Results, updated daily at www.fidic.org/bim05, will be finalised and reported at the FIDIC 2005 Annual Conference, Beijing, 4-8 September. All respondents will be sent the final report.

Felipe Ochoa, Chair, FIDIC Integrity Management Task Force
 
 Survey Questionnaire
 
The survey questionnaire (to be completed by 15 August 2005) is available as:
 Further information
 
Comprehensive information about Business Integrity Management and FIDIC's Business Integrity Management System (BIMS) are maintained at www.integritymanagement.org.
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