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Dear Participant,
Thank you for taking this survey of the project "Building Foundations Against Corruption" of the World Economic Forum.
Launched at the Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos in 2014, the project includes Forum partner companies of the engineering, construction and real estate industries, and is conducted in collaboration with the Forum's Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI).
The survey tool is designed to capture views on the most important industry corruption risks and on priority areas where the community might work together to improve anti-corruption and transparency efforts, including other stakeholders such as governments and civil society.
This survey is aimed at the Chief Compliance Officer or equivalent expert functions, and will take about 10-12 minutes to complete. We suggest that it be completed in one session.
The World Economic Forum is the sole owner of the survey data and it will not be used other than in aggregated, anonymized form, without the express consent of the respondent. For any questions, please contact Michael Max Buehler at [email protected]. Please note the survey will close on 29 August, 2014.
Thank you for your valuable support and we look forward to working with you.
World Economic Forum Infrastructure and PACI Teams |
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My company's primary affiliation is part of this industry/sector:
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In which regions is your company primarily operating?
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What is your primary function in the company?
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| Section II. Perceptions of corruption and its effects |
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In this section, we would like to assess your views on how corruption affects your industry sector.
For the purpose of this survey, corruption is defined as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. It can take many forms, and in the infrastructure industry it is often linked to bribery, facilitation payments, kickbacks, promotional expenses, collusion, illegal information brokering, etc. |
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From your point of view, please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements on corruption in the infrastructure industry.
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Within your industry, how would you rate the level of corruption risk associated with the following stakeholders groups?
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| Section III. Corruption risk assessment |
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* From your perspective, which of the following corruption risks have the greatest effect on your industry?
Please select up to 5 risks.
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Inappropriate sharing of information (e.g., in the bidding process)
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Bribery of government officials or employment of government officials or their relatives for obtaining business
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Cash bribes or kickbacks to third parties
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Bribes from subcontractors or vendors (e.g., excessive gifts and lavish entertainment)
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Corruption related to investment and financing
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Inappropriate use of agents (e.g., sharing their fee with personnel at the client side)
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Bribery of government officials for permitting, licensing, land acquisition and zoning
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Unfair design specifications or pre-selection of a sole bidder
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Conflicts of interests in procurement or contract administration
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Overbilling schemes whereby an enterprise receives higher than normal invoice prices
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Collusion (e.g., bid-rigging, price-fixing, cost-inflating)
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Manipulation of project reporting (e.g., fictitious progress reports, site inspections, etc.)
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Facilitation payments to accelerate customs clearance or transport of goods
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Acts of corruption linked to violations of human rights, health and safety
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In the following, please rate the likelihood of the following corruption risks in the infrastructure industry sector (0=very low likelihood, 5=very high likelihood)
Some of the factors to consider when estimating the likelihood include the nature of the transaction, incidents in the past, the local corruption culture and environment, the number of individual transactions and the number of individuals involved.
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Next, please rate the potential impact of the selected corruption risks (0=very low impact, 5=very high impact).
Some of the factors to consider when estimating the impact of past incidents include potential amounts of fines or penalties, impact on operations such as interruption in the enterprise’s ability to transport goods or obtain permits or other required approvals, impact on retention of customers and future revenues, etc.
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| Section IV. Perceptions of the scale of corruption and potential mitigations |
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Over the next 5 years, do you anticipate levels of corruption risks will be higher or lower for your industry sector?
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* From your perspective, in which regions do you see most challenges related to corruption risks (please select up to 3)?
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Corruption issues often arise over different stages in the lifecycle of a project.
Please rate the following project phases according to your perception of corruption risk.
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Has your company ever quantified the cost of corruption in terms of additional cost of doing business (e.g. reputational damage, loss of sales, penalties, legal fees, etc.)?
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Is your company already engaged in sector-specific anti-corruption initiatives?
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Would your company be interested in working with other leading companies to address industry corruption risks?
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Is your company currently engaged with the World Economic Forum?
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* How can the World Economic Forum be most effective in addressing corruption risks? Please select up to 3 answers.
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| Would you like to share any additional thoughts on corruption risks and how the industry might address them?
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