B20 Executive Talk Series LEAD FEATURE
Chair’s Message
George Mandelbaum President, CIPPEC
The Integrity and Compliance CrossThematic Group that was put together under the umbrella of the B20 Argentina 2018 was indeed challenged by what became very evident too soon: a lot has been written about this subject over the past few years, very specifically for the different G20 encounters, but not much was concretely acted upon. This perception posed the challenge of coming up with something new, fresh, concrete and - above all - doable. Some challenge!!! We did have a couple of crucially important assets going for us: a really knowledgeable and experienced small
team of local experts and the extremely valuable help of well over a hundred participants from all over the world that were willing and able to give us their input and critical eye. Communication flowed, not without some difficulties, but smoothly enough to produce a substantial paper that is now available. What is new in this proposal is the creation of the concept of a COMMITMENT TO INTEGRITY AND ETHICAL STANDARDS (CIES) which in essence requires adherence to promote an essential starting point to promote a virtuous cycle of integrity by the public and private sectors, including SOEs to a basic set of principles. By committing
to these guiding principles this promotes an environment that values integrity and supports ethically sound behaviour. In time, the governments and markets should give priority contracting (public sector) or market share (private sector) to those who have adhered to the CIES over those who have not, thereby creating the virtuous cycle mentioned above. This idea has been the result of an interesting, intense and creative exercise which hopefully will contribute to future G20 meetings to follow and improve. George Mandelbaum
WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT ASSETS GOING FOR US: A REALLY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND EXPERIENCED SMALL TEAM OF LOCAL EXPERTS AND THE EXTREMELY VALUABLE HELP OF WELL OVER A HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT WERE WILLING AND ABLE TO GIVE US THEIR INPUT AND CRITICAL EYE. 64 ❙ g20g7.com
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