Bribe Payers Index
Bribe Payers Index (BPI) is a measure of how willing a nation's multinational corporations appear to engage in corrupt business practices.[1] The first BPI was published by Transparency International on October 26, 1999, and the last one in 2011.[2][3] Spokesperson Shubham Kaushik said the organization "decided to discontinue the survey due to funding issues and to focus on issues that are more in line with our advocacy goals".[4]
The BPI 2011
[edit]Methodology
[edit]The BPI 2011 ranked 28 of the leading exporting countries on the likelihood their multinational businesses will use bribes when operating abroad. The ranking is calculated from responses by businesses to two questions on the World Economic Forum’s Executive Opinion Survey.
The first question asks for the country of origin of foreign-owned companies doing the most business in their country. The second question is: "In your experience, to what extent do firms from the countries you have selected make undocumented extra payments or bribes?" Answers are to be given on a scale of 1 (bribes are common or even mandatory) to 10 (bribes are unknown).
The BPI ranking is the averaged score, with higher scores suggesting a lower likelihood of using bribery.
These countries were selected as the leading international or regional exporting countries. Their combined global exports represented 75 percent of the world total in 2006.[5] Countries that had paid the less bribes have a higher BPI.
BPI 2011 rankings
[edit]| Rank | Country/Territory | Average score[6] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan |
8.9 |
| 2 |  Netherlands |
8.8 |
| 2 |  Switzerland |
8.8 |
| 4 |  Belgium |
8.7 |
| 5 |  Germany |
8.6 |
| 6 |  Australia |
8.5 |
| 6 |  Canada |
8.4 |
| 8 |  Singapore |
8.3 |
| 8 |  United Kingdom |
8.3 |
| 10 |  United States |
8.1 |
| 11 |  France |
8.0 |
| 11 |  Spain |
8.0 |
| 13 |  South Korea |
7.9 |
| 14 |  Brazil |
7.7 |
| 15 |  Hong Kong |
7.6 |
| 15 |  Italy |
7.6 |
| 15 |  Malaysia |
7.6 |
| 15 |  South Africa |
7.6 |
| 19 |  Taiwan |
7.5 |
| 19 |  India |
7.5 |
| 19 |  Turkey |
7.5 |
| 22 |  Saudi Arabia |
7.4 |
| 23 |  Argentina |
7.3 |
| 23 |  United Arab Emirates |
7.3 |
| 25 |  Indonesia |
7.1 |
| 26 |  Mexico |
7.0 |
| 27 |  China |
6.5 |
| 28 |  Russia |
6.1 |
See also
[edit]- Corruption Perceptions Index
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Global Corruption Barometer
- OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
- Transparency International
- United Nations Convention against Corruption
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Baughn, Christopher; Bodie, Nancy L.; Buchanan, Mark A.; Bixby, Michael B. (2010). "Bribery in International Business Transactions". Journal of Business Ethics. 92 (1): 15–32. doi:10.1007/s10551-009-0136-7. ISSN 0167-4544. JSTOR 25621541. S2CID 154833690.
- ^ "Bribe Payers Index 2011 - Publications". Transparency.org. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ^ Pentland, William. "World's Most Bribery-Prone Businesses". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ^ "Old Wall Street Journal report about corruption in Malaysia recirculates online". Fact Check. 2022-07-26. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ^ Source: International Monetary Fund, international finance statistics, 2005 figures. Available at: http://tistats.transparency.org/index.php/content/download/39275/622457[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Archived Document". Archived from the original on 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
Sources
[edit]- Bribe Payers Index (BPI) 2006 Analysis Report Archived 2009-03-20 at the Wayback Machine