Implementing a divergent response? The UK approach to bribery in international and domestic contexts

Nicholas Lord; Alan Doig; Michael Levi; Karin van Wingerde; Katie Benson

doi:10.1080/09540962.2020.1714212

Implementing a divergent response? The UK approach to bribery in international and domestic contexts

Nicholas Lord, Alan Doig, Michael Levi, Karin van Wingerde, Katie Benson

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This paper analyses UK domestic bribery. The authors argue that in both domestic and international contexts, cases are not numerically significant but that changes in how the UK government approaches bribery in the international context means that, where once domestic bribery was addressed more rigorously than bribery in the international context, this imbalance may be being steadily reversed. The paper concludes by setting out the implications that this identifiable divergence may have for the effective policing of bribery in the domestic context. The paper makes an empirical and theoretical contribution to the literature on corruption in the UK.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	349-359
Number of pages	11
Journal	Public Money & Management
Volume	40
Issue number	5
Early online date	23 Jan 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2020.1714212
Publication status	Published - 3 Jul 2020

Keywords

Anti-bribery institutions
UK Bribery Act (UKBA)
bribery
criminal prosecution
law enforcement

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