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31 U. Haw. L. Rev. 59 (2008-2009)
Are Anti-Corruption Efforts Paying Off - International and National Measures in the Asia-Pacific Region and Their Impact on India and Multinational Corporations

handle is hein.journals/uhawlr31 and id is 61 raw text is: Are Anti-Corruption Efforts Paying Off? International and National Measures in the Asia-Pacific Region and Their Impact on India and Multinational Corporations Beverley Earle* and Anita Cava** I. INTRODUCTION In many parts of the world, corruption and bribery have been accepted as a necessary evil, difficult to eradicate and integral to the existing business landscape. Bribes have long been business deductions in many countries. Yet the world and business people noticed when, on July 10, 2007, the People's Republic of China (PRC) executed the former long time head of the State Food and Drug agency, Zheng Xiaoyu, for accepting bribes; the action was swift, as his sentence had been imposed just weeks earlier, in May 2007.1 While many would disagree with the death penalty for any crime, this growing attention of countries to the cancer of corruption reflects a willingness to begin to change the culture of looking the other way. Efforts to rid a country of bribery and corruption are driven not by a false moralism, but rather a realization that without transparency, individuals will enrich themselves to the detriment of society's growth and development. What was thought to be an entrenched habit in many parts of the world may in fact be a practice that will be eradicated or at the very least dramatically reduced in the twenty first century. * Beverley Earle is a Professor of Law at Bentley University and the McCallum Graduate School of Business as well as a Fellow at the Bentley Center for Business Ethics. She has a B.A. from University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Boston University School of Law and is admitted to practice in Massachusetts. ** Professor Cava is Associate Professor of Business Law at the University of Miami School of Business Administration, Director of Business Ethics Program, and Co-Director of the University of Miami's Ethics Programs. She received her B.A. with Distinction from Swarthmore College and her J.D. from New York University School of Law, where she was a Hays Fellow. Special thanks to Jonathan Darrow, Duke University (J.D.), Boston College (M.B.A.), Cornell University (B.S.) and a LL.M. 2009 candidate at Harvard Law School for his research assistance. 1 See generally Former SFDA ChiefExecutedfor Corruption, CHNA DAILY, July 10, 2007, available at http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-07/10/content_5424937.htm.

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