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Integrity Mangement
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The Business Integrity Management Clearing House at IntegrityManagement.org maintains online resources for the implementation of integrity management in industry. It is coordinated by the FIDIC Integrity Management Committee. Directory

FDIC has developed Business Integrity Management System (BIMS) for supply side procurement an Government Procurement Integrity Management System (GPIMS) for public, demand-side procurement.
 
 
The FIDIC 2007 Business Integrity Management System (BIMS) survey forms was reported at the FIDIC 2007 Singapore Conference PDF. See also survey website: FIDIC.org/BIMS07
 
The 2007 and 2005 surveys showed that 130 and 50 major firms, respectively, have implemented BIMS (PPT presentation). Details of the survey are available on the FIDIC.org/BIM05 survey website.
 
 
- AE, Canada: Site. Contact: Kerry Rudd, President
- Carl Bro, Netherlands: BIMS implementation PDF
- Cardno MBK, Australia: Site. Contact: Richard Kell, Board Member
- COWI, Denmark: Site. Contact: Tonny Jensen
- DHV, Netherlands: BIMS implementation PDF; News Item. Contact: Renko Campen, President
- FOA Consulting, Mexico. Contact: Felipe Ochoa, President
- Grupa CRASA, Mexico. Contact: Oscar Alvarez, General Manager
- Hatch Energy, Canada: BIMS implementation PDF; Site. Contact John Ritchie, Vice-President
- Kwezi V3, South Africa: Site. Contact: Durr Pieters
- Louis Berger, USA: Values Statement PDF. Contact: Carlos Marcenaro, Vice-President
- NIRAS, Denmark: BIMS implementation Site. Contact: Claus Pilvang
- Norplan, Sweden: Annual Report. Contact: Marianne Damhaug, Managing Director
- Novozymes, Denmark: BIMS implementation Site
- Ramboll, Denmark: Site
- S-Sandwell, Canada: Site; article PDF. Contact: Alan Pyatt, President
- SPCastro, Manila, Philippines: Site
- Teknika-HBA, Canada: Article PDF. Contact: Wilfrid Morin
 
 
 Business Integrity Management Training Manual
 
Test Edition, October 2002
 
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Printed version
Price Euro 10.- Information and Orders  
 
Electronic version
Price Euro 10.- Information and Orders 
 

 
 
Guidelines for Business Integrity Management in the Consulting Industry
 
Test Edition, September 2001
 
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Printed version
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Electronic version
Price Euro 10.- Information and Orders 
BIMS Guidelines
 
 Business Integrity Management Training Module
 
The FIDIC Guide to practice Training Manual upon which FIDIC's training "Business of a Professional Services Firm" seminars and courses are based includes a Business Integrity Management Training Module.
 
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Seminar/course programme Word
 
 Model Representative Agreement
 
Test Edition, September 2004
Incorporates Business Integrity principles.
 
Printed version
 
Price 30 Euro.- Information and Orders
 
Electronic version
Price Euro 100.- Information and Orders
 
Browse page-by-page
Rep Agreement
 
 Multilateral Development Bank Harmonised Construction Contract
 
The MDBs licensed the FIDIC Construction Contract,1st Edition 1999, for use in their Master Standard Bidding Documents (SBD) for Works. The MDB harmonised version of the Contract contains an anticorruption clause. The contract is available in the World Bank Works SBD.
World Bank Works SBD Site
Construction Contrcat
 
 Business Integrity Management background report
 
The basis for the draft guidelines for a BIMS were prepared by Professor Mark Pieth (University of Basel, Switzerland) under contract to the World Bank, with FIDIC's Integrity Management Task Force acting as the contracting authority. The report is available in two parts:
- Part A: text by M. Pieth RTF
- Part B: presentation by G. Egeli. PPT 1000 kb 
 
 FIDIC Integrity Management Committee
 
Various activities are being undertaken by the FIDIC Integrity Management Committee to promote the FIDIC BIMS:
  • 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
Multilateral Development Bank BIMS statements
 
Various Multilateral Development Bank have indicated their position with regard to BIMS:
  • 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
 
 
The FIDIC BIMS has been  presented at the following international events:
  • 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
 
  • 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:
    Presentation by FIDIC (Díaz Padilla) PPT
    Presentation by Courtier (EFCA) PPT
    Presentation by 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 
  • Cases and dilemmas
    Presentation by T. Jensen and E.S. Pedersen, COWI/FRI, at FIDIC 2004 Annual Conference BIMS seminar PDF, 1.2 MB PPT, 0.2 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. PPTSite
  • 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
 
  • 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
 
 
Many of these references appear in the FIDIC Guidelines for Integrity Management in the Consulting Industry.
  • UN Global Compact
    • 10th Principle (anticorruption) Site
    • Case studies and examples PDF
  • 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 (in the process of being updated).
  • 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
  • OECD
    • 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
      OECD Publication, 2002:  Fighting Bribery and Corruption TextPurchase
      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
  • OSCE
    • Best practice in fighting corruption Documents
  • 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
  • UNDP
    • Fighting Corruption to Improve Governance
      Report, 1999. Purchase
  • 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
  • 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
 
FIDIC is developing proposals for Integrity Management in public procurement under the title Government Procurement Integrity Management System (GPIMS).
  • GPIMS Guidelines 2006 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
 
  • 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
 
 
OECD OECD Antibribery Convention

TI Perceptions Index
 
Further information: please contact Peter Boswell, FIDIC General Manager (fidic@fidic.org).

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