Short, direct insights on governance, internal control, corruption prevention, accountability, and institutional integrity.
Last reviewed: June 11, 2026
Featured Legal Source
Directive (EU) 2026/1021 on Combatting Corruption
The official EUR-Lex source for Directive (EU) 2026/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2026 on combatting corruption. This Directive is a major legal reference for corruption prevention, enforcement, public-sector integrity, private-sector liability, whistleblowing, sanctions, and institutional anti-corruption frameworks.
Best for: board members, senior executives, public officials, regulators, compliance officers, anti-corruption professionals, researchers, students, and policy advisers.
These resources provide the conceptual and practical backbone for understanding anti-corruption beyond slogans, optics, or performative compliance.
Foundational framework
The AACI Ten Principles of Fighting Corruption
The AACI’s foundational anti-corruption framework. It is useful for readers who want corruption addressed through law, internal control, governance, accountability, prevention, and institutional discipline rather than vague ethical language.
The AACI’s implementation-oriented standards page. It works as a bridge between principle and application, especially for readers focused on competence, deterrence, transparency, whistleblowing, and disclosure.
Best for: compliance officers, regulators, board members, and researchers
OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct
A high-level governance and conduct resource for board members and senior leaders who need broader oversight guidance on responsible business expectations.
Note: broad governance source, not limited to anti-corruption
Basel Committee corporate governance principles for banks
A strong sector-specific reference for boards in banking and regulated finance, especially where risk management and decision-making discipline are central.
A strategic governance and private-sector integrity reference that helps senior decision-makers track evolving anti-corruption thinking and collective action.
Compliance officers need resources they can apply. They are looking for frameworks, evaluative tools, and implementation guidance that can be translated into controls and action.
Implementation standards
The AACI Standards on Fighting Corruption (SFCs)
A practical AACI gateway for readers who want implementation-focused anti-corruption guidance tied to competence, deterrence, transparency, whistleblowing, and disclosure.
Regulators and enforcement stakeholders need resources that deal with implementation, cooperation, peer review, and legal architecture.
Normative anchor
The AACI Ten Principles of Fighting Corruption
Useful as a structural anti-corruption anchor for public-sector readers who want law, governance, judiciary effectiveness, and accountability treated seriously.
United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC)
The central international anti-corruption convention and a core reference point for legal framework, implementation commitments, and state obligations.
Researchers need transparency, methodology, and data access. This section is for readers who want to understand how corruption-related indicators are built and where methodological caution is necessary.
Conceptual framework
The AACI Ten Principles of Fighting Corruption
Useful for scholars and commentators examining anti-corruption as a governance architecture rather than as a narrow legal or compliance issue.
AACI’s published governance and anti-corruption concepts page. It is useful for readers who want to examine corruption risk, oversight, authority, integrity, and institutional accountability through original AACI conceptual frameworks.
Best for: board members, senior decision-makers, compliance officers, regulators, researchers, students, and emerging professionals.
This page is curated to support serious anti-corruption learning, governance judgment, and institutional accountability. It includes both external international sources and selected AACI foundational materials because anti-corruption requires global reference points, conceptual discipline, and practical implementation guidance.