Background and Purpose
At its meeting in June 2008 in Vienna, the Global Compact "Friends of the 10th principle" advisory group decided to develop an online anti-corruption inventory guiding companies through the different initiatives and tools which might be considered relevant in implementing the 10th principle, "Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery". Global Advice Network (GAN), which is part of the advisory group, was asked to lead the project, and as a consequence of the discussion, GAN offered to produce the inventory.
While commonly acknowledging the benefits of existing anti-corruption tools and their potential impact in fighting corruption, the members of the advisory group also indicated that it was extremely difficult for recipients to indentify the tools most relevant to their challenges. The inventory has thus been developed as a one-stop shop where companies and organisations are introduced to a large collection of tools to accommodate their individual needs in the fight against corruption. The inventory is a database containing a collection of descriptive and informative tools, initiatives and reports that are relevant, free and easily accessible for companies.

Description of the Anti-Corruption Tools Inventory
The tools included in the inventory have been chosen to accommodate, facilitate and inspire private companies’ fight against corruption and to cover and present solutions to different types of corruption encountered by private companies. In order to facilitate access, selection and use of the tools, the inventory has been divided into 12 sub-categories:

• Anti-corruption conventions
• Anti-corruption guidelines and integrity systems
• Voluntary anti-corruption principles
• Collective action
• Corruption cases and court rulings
• Country-specific information
• Due diligence
• Grey areas (facilitation payments, gifts, donations, travelling, etc.)
• Reporting
• Sector-specific anti-corruption resources
• Training
• Whistle-blowing

Each tool includes a short description, including purpose, the types of corruption it addresses, target audience, functionality and links to key content. The tools included in the inventory are meant to offer guidance and assistance to companies in their fight against bribery and corruption and can all be accessed free of charge.

The inventory has been developed by Global Advice Network based on its own research and reviews of existing inventories, first of all the inventory developed by the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC). After several reviews, the inventory was published on the Business Anti-Corruption Portal (www.business-anti-corruption.com) on 9 December 2009. The inventory can also be accessed at the UN Global Compact website under 'Anti-Corruption - Guidance Material'.

Download Global Advice Network's Communication on Progress Report to the UN Global Compact 2010 (pdf)