Chapter 7: Anticorruption in Management Training and the Business Game Method

Current and future growth markets of internationally focused companies can increasingly be found in regions of the world where the risk of corruption is perceived to be high. These include for instance, Brazil, China, India or the countries of the Middle East (Foure, Benassy-Quere, & Fontagne, 2010; Transparency International 2017). Economic pressure to succeed, incomplete knowledge of political and cultural conventions, as well as insecurities related to the legal situation, increase the risk of getting involved in corrupt actions for companies, their professionals and managers (Hauser & Kronthaler 2013). In business practice, corruption oftentimes seems to be a convenient opportunity for bypassing bureaucratic hurdles or obtaining economic advantages for the company. Hence, corruption has a notable power of seduction (Ernst & Young 2016; Hauser 2012).