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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Corruption
Saudi Arabian tanks
(Photo: /AFP/Getty Images)Corruption, by definition, implies risk, but in the context of the arms sector, it has a particularly dangerous undertone. Not only does it waste public funds and threaten the reputation and financial well-being of individual companies, but it can also harm, and indeed claim lives.

That, however, does not prevent it from happening on a grand scale. According to a new Transparency International (TI) report on the quality of corporate anti-corruption programs, two-thirds of defense companies fell far short of the mark.

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