The Institute for Ethics and Economic Policy (IEEP) Fordham University is a renowned Jesuit institution with over 165-year history of emphasis on ethics.	To promote Governance with Respect Ethics Accountability and Transparency (GREAT) SAUDI ARABIA Join a Discussion site, where you can click on “New Topic” or try this link Transparency International’s corruption rank for this country in 2000 is absent and means that international investment is discouraged by excessive corruption.
2 indicted in bribery of foreign official. It was reported that a grand jury has indicted two former HealthSouth Corp. executives in a bribery scheme involving the company's $50 million contract to run a hospital in Saudi Arabia. Robert E. Thomson, a former president and chief operating officer of HealthSouth’s inpatient division, and James C. Reilly, a lawyer who was vice president for legal services, were charged with conspiracy, traveling outside the country to commit a crime and a securities violation. (Washington Post, 02 July 2004 summary by Sherldine Tomlinson). Courting controversy in the desert. It was reported that allegations of bribery and corruption in the Al Yamamah arms deal with Saudi Arabia are just the latest question marks raised over two contracts that have courted controversy since the first deal was secured by the British government in the mid-1980s. Details of the contracts have remained shrouded in secrecy and to this day, BAE Systems, or British Aerospace as it was at the time, is still loathe to talk about them. (Financial Times Sep 12 2003 summary by Sherldine Tomlinson). Corruption Saudi Family Page Scandals in Saudi Arabia were alleged in early 1999. http://www.saudhouse.com/ this URL been disabled and information has disappeared. No further information is available. The Index of Economic Freedom (by Driscoll-Holmes-Kirkpatrick) for 2001 places Saudi Arabia in the “Mostly Unfree” category with a rank of 78 (Ranks range from 1 for Hong Kong to 155 for North Korea, Wall Street Journal, Nov. 1, 2000). H. D. Vinod’s trimmed correlation analysis indicates that countries free from economic regulation are less corrupt. After allowing for some exceptions by 20% trimming, the correlation is near 0.9.		Recent news. Worldwide corruption Country Index has links to stories and information about corruption and governance in alphabetically listed geographical regions and countries. Quick Links to USA, China, India, Indonesia Resources which track corruption and provide information on good governance from around the world. Quotes or One-Liners against corruption. Corruption Info Exchange Description of our Project. IEEP Home Fordham Economics Faculty Fordham University
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