• Policy Statement
  FIDIC Policy Statement on Business Integrity
  Available in FIDIC Policy Statements PDF
• Code of Ethics
  FIDIC Member Associations agree to a Code of Ethics.
• Pilot Programme
  A programme involving FIDIC Member Associations, each with at least two member firms willing to implement their own BIMS.
• Training materials and courses
  • Business Integrity Management module by J. Ritchie, Acres, Canada, for the FIDIC Guide to Practice training manual, 2003 PDF
  • BIMS procedure for engaging a Representative (used in conjunction with the FIDIC Model Representative Agreement) WORD
  • BIMS Training Course programme outline RTF

• Organization of American States (OAS)
  • Inter-American Convention Against Corruption, 2006
• Council of Europe (CoE)
  • 20 Guiding Principles, 1997
  • Criminal Law Convention on Corruption, 1999
  • Civil Law Convention on Corruption, 1999
  • Recommendation, 2000
  • Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO)
• European Union (EU)
  • Convention on the Protection of the European Communities’ Financial Interests, 1995
  • Resolution on Combating Corruption in Europe, 1995
  • Convention on the Fight Against Corruption Involving Officials of the European Communities, 2000
  • European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)
  • Communication on Corruption, 2003
  • Annex: Ten principles for improving the fight against corruption in acceding, candidate and other third countries, 2003
  • Framework Decision on private sector corruption, 2003
  • Directives on Public Procurement, 17 and 18, 2004, include mandatory exclusion clauses for corruption.
  • Action Plan translating The Hague Programme into specific measures, 2005.
• African Union
  • Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption, 2003
• UN Global Compact
  • 10th Principle (anticorruption) Site
  • Case studies and examples PDF
• OECD
  • OECD export credit agencies (ECAs) initiative
    Action Statement on Bribery and Officially Supported Export Credits, 2002
  • National procurements systems
    • Benchmarking and assessment tool: methodology for assessment, Version 4, 2006 PDF
    • Mapping out good practices in public procurement: summary of survey results, 2007 Word
  • OECD-Asian Development Bank Anticorruption Plan for Asia
    Programme Site
  • OECD Fighting Bribery in International Business Deals
    Policy Brief, 2004 PDF
  • No Longer Business as Usual
    Fighting Bribery and Corruption, 2002 Text, Purchase
    Bribery and the Business Sector: Managing the Relationship
    Study of Codes of Conduct, 2000 Text, PDF
  • OECD Report on the implementation of the Convention on bribery in international business transactions, 2000 Text
  • OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, 2000 Text
  • OECD Risk Awareness Tool for Multinational Enterprises in Weak Governance Zones PDF
• OSCE
  • Best practice in fighting corruption Documents
• UNDP
  • Fighting Corruption to Improve Governance
    Report, 1999. Purchase

• World Bank
  • Department of Institutional Integrity Site
  • World Bank Institute: Governance & Anti-Corruption Site
  • Anti-corruption tools and resources Site
  • An Anti-corruption Project Guide for new projects Site
  • Challenges in the Next Stages of Anti-corruption, 1988: D. Kaufmann Text
  • Voluntary Disclosure Initiative 2006 Presentation
  • Anticorruption framework 2007 PDF
  • Consulting Sector report 2006, G. Casartelli PPT
• Asian Development Bank
  • Policy RTF

• World Bank
  • Anticorruption and governance survey 2007: background PDF; summary of findings PDF: strategy PDF
  • Anticorruption framework PDF
• Asian Development Bank
  • FIDIC 2005 Conference speach

• World Economic Forum 
  • Partnership Against Corruption (PACI)
    Seeks signatures to a statement of principles derived from the Transparency International Business principles Site
  • Aims for convergence of support statements for TI Business principles (draft PDF), WEF-PACI Business principles (draft PDF) and the ICC anticorruption principles.
• Transparency International
  • Transparency Internationals Principle for Countering Bribery
    Generally called the TI Business Principles Site
  • TI report on corruption in the UK construction industry
    Report WORD
  • Transparency International Integrity Pact
    Tool aimed at preventing corruption in public procurement Site
  • Financial Transparency and Accountability Initiative
    Report (2000) Text
  • Project Anticorruption System (PACS) Site
  • Corporate integrity systems PDF
  • Anticorruption training manual PDF
• ICC
  • ICC Rules of Conduct to Combat Extortion and Bribery Info
  • ICC: Fighting Corruption - A Corporate Practice Manual Info
• Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
  • GRI reporting guidelines include corruption Site
• ISO 
  • Corporate Social Responsibility guidelines
    Will be drafted by 2007-8 News Item
• Utstein Development Agencies
  • U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre is a web based knowledge bank Site
• Danish Confederation of Industry
  • Avoiding Corruption report, 2003 PDF
• Open Government Initiative
  • BIM and the Project Management Cycle, N.H. Hansen, PPT
• UK Department for International Development,
  • Eliminating world poverty, 2006
• General
  • Promoting the Rule of Law and Anti-corruption in a Globalized Economy: S. Eizenstat (1998) Text
  • Curbing Corruption: Frank Vogl (1998) Text
  • Best Practice Certification
    Michael Hager argues that Integrity Management Systems need certification in order to be effective (January 2001). Text
  • Improving Coordination between Development Agencies, Governments and Civil Society: P.S. Mason (2000) Text
  • DSTAIR online tool anticorruption tool for institutional reform

• Business Anti-Corruption Portal
  • Anti-corruption resources and tools
  • Public Procurement Due Diligenc Tool
• Socially responsible investment agencies
• Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (ETI)
  • Principles to increase transparency in payments to governments Site
• International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC)
  • Transparency resources Site
• Global Infrastructure Anti-Corruption Forum
  • Proposal Word; Site
• Global Transport Knowledge Partnership (GTKP)
  • Road Projects: Reports on good governance and corruption prevention
• TRACE International
  • Companies’ experience of resisting facilitation payments.
• Ethical Investment Research Services (EIRIS)
  • Corporate codes of business ethics: an international survey of bribery and ethical standards in companies, 2005.
• UK Anticorruption Forum
  • Action Statement: PDF Announcement: PDF
  • Preventing corruption on construction projects: risk assessment and proposed actions for funders PDF

• Fighting Corruption and Promoting Integrity in Public Procurement - OECD Global Forum, Paris, 29-30 November 2004
  Agenda,  PDF
• Business Integrity Management Seminar
  FIDIC 2004 Annual Conference (September 2004) Site
• 10th International Anti-corruption Conference
  IACC Council and Transparency International, Prague, Czech Republic (October 2001) Site
• Global Forum II on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity
  The Hague, The Netherlands  (28 - 31 May 2001) Text RTF
• 10th International Anti-corruption Conference
  Defeating Corruption and Economic Crime
  Royal Institute of International Affairs/Chatham House/TI Conference on Corruption; Chatham House, London, UK (6-7 June 2001) Text, RTF
• Biennial Meeting between International Lending Agencies and the Consulting Industry (BIMILACI 2001 ), Washington DC, 17 - 18 May 2001 Site, Text RTF (800 kb!)
• BIMS
  Presentation by J. Díaz Padilla to the Ministry of Construction Seminar, Bahrain, June 2004 PPT

• COWI
  Article WORD; Presentation by T. Jensen and E.S. Pedersen, COWI/FRI, at FIDIC 2004 Annual Conference PDF, 1.2 MB;  PPT, 0.2 MB
  • Engaging an Agent; Friendly relationship with a supplier.
  • No payment for extra works; Payment of fee note by third party; Handing over of supervision cars.
  • Employment of client's son; Sub-consultant nominated by the client; Suspicion that the contractor is bribing the client; Pressure from a client to accept a non-conditional bid.
  • Support of a humanitarian activity during a bidding process; Services included in a proposal.
  • Speed up Customs Clearance; Giving a gift to a client; Entertainment/benefits offered by a supplier of computer software; Entertainment during a study tour.
• Shell
  Primer on Dealing with Bribery and Corruption PDF and a supplement Dealing with Dilemmas PDF
  • Funding scholarships; The unanticipated gift; Hospitality – double standards?; A tempting gift
  • A donation to the president’s campaign fund
  • Acting on a tip off; Speak out or keep silent?
  • A holiday from hell; Road safety; The roadblock; Call the police?
  • Clearing goods through customs; The friendly relationship with a supplier; Dealing with agents
  • Joint venture partners - to have or to have not? Joint Venture: A helping hand from government?
• UN Global Compact
  • RESIST (Resisting Extortions and Solicitations in International Transactions) Tool: Part 1 - 21 scenarios in the procurement process PDF
• Simmons and Simmons
  • Facing up to Corruption: A practical business guide PDF

Procedures

• Audit: Sample Checklist, 2006 PDF
• Critical Projects: Decision Tree to Define a Critical Project, 2006 PDF
• Agents: screening process flowchart
• Consultant: evaluation process flowchart
• Collaboration Partners: due diligence WORD
• Representatives and Subconsultants: Due Diligence Review of Potential Representatives and Subconsultants, 2006 PDF
• Representatives and Similar Collaboration Partners: WORD
• Joint Venture Partners: vetting process flowchart
• Proposal: Integrity Risk Review of a Proposal - Flow Chart, 2006 PDF
• Representative: Typical Minimum Contract Conditions for High Risk Representative, 2006 PDF
• Initial offer, the contract negotiation, contract signature and project delivery: contractor/subcontractor potential bribery identification process flowchart

Best-practice Guidelines

• Agents, representatives and consultants
• Facilitation payments
• Gifts, business entertainment and expenses
• Political donations
• Conflict of Interest

• MDB Integrity Seminar
  FIDIC Presentations, Washington, May 2007:
  • BIMS PPT
  • GPIMS PPT
  • BIMS Case Studies PPT
• FIDIC Directors and Secretaries
  Presentation by E. Vink, Brussels, May 2007 PPT
• Biennial Meeting of the Consulting Industry with the International Lending Agencies (BIMILACI 2005), Washington, March 2005:
  • FIDIC (Díaz Padilla) PPT
  • EFCA (Courtier) PPT
  • FEPAC (Vega-Roldan) PPT
• FIDIC initiatives on Integrity Management
  Presentation by J. Díaz Padilla, FIDIC, at FIDIC 2004 Annual Conference BIMS seminar PDF, 1.7 MB;  PPT, 1.0 MB 
• An integrity management system for the consulting industry
  Presentation by E.S. Pedersen to UNCITRAL, September 2004  Text PDF
• Business Integrity Management System
  Presented by J. Díaz Padilla on 2 June 2004 at the Bahrain  Forum on Business Integrity Management in the engineering profession PPT 
• Integrity management of consulting firms
  Presentation by F. Ochoa at the FIDIC 2001 Annual Conference Workshop on Capacity Building and Integrity Management that accompanied the release of the draft Business Integrity Management System guidelines. PPT; Site
• Engineering consultants action plan against corruption
  Felipe Ochoa, Chairman of the FIDIC Integrity Management Task Force, proposed the creation of an IMS at the 1999 Biennial Meeting of the International Lending Agencies and the Consulting Industry (BIMILACI '99), Washington D.C., USA , 20-21 May 1999. Dr. Ochoa's BIMILACI '99 presentation is available PPT
• BIMS Presentation
  Jorge Diaz Padilla, Tanzania, 2006 PPT
• Acres BIM system
  • Presentation by J. Ritchie to ACEC-Canada Board, 2004 PPT
  • Presentation by J. Ritchie, 2003 PPT
• COWI BIM system
  Presentation by T. Jensen to FIDIC Conference 2007 PPT

• Corruption in international engineering projects PDF
  Published in Corporate Social Responsibilirty in the Construction Industry, 2009
• EU underlines the business case for BIMS
  A European Union press release describing the Leshoto Highlands corruption rulings illustrates the business case for FIDIC BIMS. News item
• BIMS features taken up by TI Business Principles Toolkit
  The Transparency International BP toolkit has a self-evaluation module that aims to cover the TI, ICC and WEF principles. News item
• Business Integrity Systems: results of an Australian survey PDF
• Integrity Management Systems: Netherlands' recommendations PDF
• Agents, consultants and joint-venture partners in international business transactions PDF
• Global Corruption Report Corruption in Construction
  Site and Report
  FIDIC BIMS article PDF
• Business integrity and anticorruption initiatives in the World Bank
  Presentation by D. Smith, The World Bank, at FIDIC 2004 Annual Conference BIMS seminar PDF, 0.2 MB;  PPT, 0.15 MB
• An integrity management system for the consulting industry
  Text prepared by P.G. Boswell, FIDIC, that was circulated for comment in June 2001 to FIDIC Member Associations with the draft Guidelines for Integrity Management in the Consulting Industry Text RTF

• Draft, PDF
• BIMILACI 2007 presentation PPT.
• MDB Integrity Seminar, Washington, May 2007 presentation PPT;

GPIMS builds upon:

• Standardised procurement
  • Watermeyer, generic procurement 2004 PDF
  • Watermeyer, ISO proposal 2006 PDF
  • Watermeyer, standard contract documents 2005 Word
  • ISO's planned Construction Procurement standards Web
• Standard Quality Management System  procedures for procurement that have been developed by various procurement agencies
  • South Africa green paper on public procurement reform, 1997 Text; Site
• Multilateral development bank: guidelines for preventing corruption:
  • African Development Bank, 2004: report available from FIDIC
  • Finland: Preventing Corruption - a handbook of anti-corruption techniques for use in international development cooperation PDF
• OECD anti-corruption in procurement Global Governance Forum report, 2005, PDF
• Theoretical aspects: corruption in procurement
  • Supply side issues, V.R.S. Pidaparthi 2002, PDF
  • Dynamic auction in procurement, L.M. Ausubel 2006, PDF
  • Bribery and public procurement, S. Buchner 2006, PDF
  • Bribery and favoritism by auctioneers in sealed-bid auctions, R. Burguet 2006, Word
  • Procurement of goods and services, A. Wolfstetter 2005, PDF
  • Corruption in Procurement Auctions, Y. Lengwiler et al., Jan. 2006 PDF; 10 Jan. 2006, PDF

  • Procurement with Costly Bidding, Optimal Shortlisting, and Rebates, Cuihong Fan and E. Wolfstetter, 2006 PDF

  • Auctioning public assets, M.C.W. Janssen 2005, PDF
  • Properties of scoring auctions, J. Asker, E. Cantillon, 2006, PDF
  • Collusion and testing auctions, J. Tukiainen 2006, PDF
  • Optimal procurement, J. Asker 2006 PDF
  • Procurement contracts, G.L. Albano 2005 PDF
  • Procurement Handbook, ToC, 2006 PDF; Frontmatter Web
  • Procurement auctions of complementary goods, V. Grimm, 2006, PDF