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Dear Participant,

Thank you for participating in the World Economic Forum’s project "Building Foundations Against Corruption" survey.

Launched at the Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos, January 2014, the project includes Forum partner companies involved in the engineering, construction and real estate industries, and is conducted in collaboration with the Forum's Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI).

This survey tool is designed to capture views on the most important corruption risks and those priority areas where the community might work together to improve anti-corruption and transparency efforts, together with other stakeholders, including governments and civil society.

This survey is aimed at the Chief Compliance Officer or equivalent expert functions, and will take approximately 10-15 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 15 August at 12:00 PM EDT or 6:00 PM CEDT time.

Thank you for your valuable support and we look forward to working with you.

World Economic Forum Infrastructure and PACI Teams
 
 
 
Section I. General data
 
 
My company's primary affiliation is part of this industry/sector:

 
Real Estate
 
Construction
 
Engineering
 
Services
 
Consulting
 
Other
 
 
 
 
In which regions are the operations of your company primarily located?

 
North America
 
South America
 
Europe
 
Middle East
 
Africa
 
CIS / Russian Commonwealth
 
East Asia including China
 
South East Asia and Pacific
 
Other
 

 
 
 
What is your primary function in the company?

 
Chief Compliance Officer (or similar)
 
Internal Auditor (or similar)
 
Chief Legal Officer (or similar)
 
Executive Management
 
Purchasing
 
Sales
 
Other
 
 
 
 
Section II. Perceptions on corruption and its effects
 
 
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.
 
 
From your point of view, please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements on corruption in the infrastructure industry.


Strongly disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly agree
Corruption imposes additional costs of business and negatively impacts profits
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Corruption is a significant reputational risk for my company
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Corruption is a significant reputational risk for the industry
-
Corruption decreases the competitiveness of the industry
-
Corruption prevents companies from expanding and reaching new markets
-
Corruption negatively affects product and/or service quality
-
Corruption negatively affects scheduling and delivery
-
Corruption has an adverse effect on prices of products and/or services
-
Prosecution and enforcement against corruption in the industry are increasing
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The potential for prosecution and enforcement is a strong deterrent against corrupt conduct
-
 
 
Within the infrastructure industry, how likely are the following external and internal stakeholders to be affected by corruption?

Very unlikely Unlikely Neutral Likely Very likely
Government at ministerial level
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Government at state / federal level
-
Government at local level
-
Sales agents
-
Business consultants
-
Merger, Acquisition or Joint Venture partners
-
Franchising or distribution partners
-
Suppliers or Vendors (first tier)
-
Subcontractors or subsuppliers (second tier)
-
Engineering or design companies
-
Customs agents
-
Law firms or tax firms
-
Senior Executives and Managers (internal stakeholders)
-
Employees (internal stakeholders)
-
 
 
 
Section III. Corruption risk assessment
 
 
* From the list below, please select up to 5 of the most important corruption risks affecting your industry sector:

 
Inappropriate sharing of information in the bidding process
 
Bribery of government officials or employment of government officials or their relatives for obtaining business
 
Cash bribes or kickbacks to third parties
 
Excessive gifts and lavish entertainment
 
Inappropriate use of agents (e.g. sharing their fee with personnel at the client side)
 
Bribery of government officials for permitting, licensing, land acquisition and zoning
 
Unfair design specifications and pre-selection of a sole bidder
 
Selecting parties which are not at arm's length in procurement processes
 
Overbilling schemes whereby an enterprise receives higher than normal invoice prices
 
Bid-rigging and price-fixing, collusion
 
Facilitating unfair inspection of construction site or processes
 
Facilitation payments to accelerate customs clearance or transport of goods
 
Acts of corruption linked to violations of human rights, health and safety
 
Other
 

 
 
In the following, please rate the likelihood of the following corruption risk areas in the infrastructure industry sector (0=very unlikely, 5=very likely)

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.

 
 
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.
 
 
 
Section IV. Perceptions of the scale of corruption and potential mitigations
 
 
Over the next 5 years, do you anticipate levels of corruption risks will be higher or lower for your industry sector?
 
Substantially lower corruption risks than today
 
Lower corruption risks than today
 
About the same level of corruption risks
 
Higher corruption risks than today
 
Substantially higher corruption risks than today
 
Unclear
 
 
 
* In which geographic areas do you expect most challenges related to corruption risks (please select up to 3)?
 
North America
 
South America
 
Europe
 
Middle East
 
Africa
 
CIS / Russian Commonwealth
 
East Asia including China
 
South East Asia and Pacific
 
Other
 

 
 
Corruption issues often arise over different stages in the lifecycle of an industry project.
Please select which phases of an industry project are facing corruption or transparency risks.


Negligible risk Low risk Medium risk High risk Very high risk
Project selection
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Planning stage
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Design of infrastructure
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Bid and contract stage
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Construction
-
Inspection stage
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Service delivery
-
Maintenance and management stage
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Subscription process and billing
-
Rework and changes
-
 
 
 
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.)?

 
Yes
 
Yes, but not in in terms of additional cost of doing business
 
No, but we intend to do so
 
No
 
 
 
Is your company already engaged in sector-specific anti-corruption initiatives?

 
Yes
 
No
 
Not currently, but my company has been engaged in the past
 
Not sure
 
 
 
Would your company be interested in working with other leading companies to address industry corruption risks?

 
Yes
 
No
 
Not sure
 
 
 
Is your company currently engaged with the World Economic Forum?

 
Yes, our company is a Member of the World Economic Forum
 
Yes, our company is a Member of the World Economic Forum and PACI
 
No, but we would consider a collaboration on anti-corruption with the World Economic Forum
 
No, and we are not intending to engage any further
 
Not sure
 
 
 
* How can the World Economic Forum be most effective in addressing issues associated with corruption? Please select up to 3 answers.

 
Providing functional tools for analyzing corruption
 
Developing sector specific agendas
 
Publish comprehensive research on corruption and risks
 
Develop targeted collaborations between business and government
 
Organizing public and/or private workshops between business and government
 
Other
 

 
 
 
Would you like to share any additional thoughts on corruption risks and how the industry might address them?