Case Study (2014): Increasing Corporate Accountability in Brazil

In keeping with the spirit of transparencyAccording to OGP’s Articles of Governance, transparency occurs when “government-held information (including on activities and decisions) is open, comprehensive, timely, freely available to the pub... More and accountability, Brazil became one of the founding members of OGP, and promoting corporate accountability is one of the more unique features in its first Action planAction plans are at the core of a government’s participation in OGP. They are the product of a co-creation process in which government and civil society jointly develop commitments to open governmen.... To encourage the private sectorGovernments are working to open private sector practices as well — including through beneficial ownership transparency, open contracting, and regulating environmental standards. Technical specificat... to abide by business ethics, the Office of the Comptroller General (CGU) of Brazil, in partnership with the Ethos Institute, a civil society organization (cso) launched the cadastro empresa pró-Ética or pro-ethics company Registry in 2010.

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