Video Clips

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed

Corruption

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of Bangladesh-based BRAC, the world’s largest NGO, describes how he was approached by politicians asking him to influence the votes of his employees, and how he refused to do so.

Rahul Bajaj

Rahul Bajaj

Corruption

Rahul Bajaj, who was Chair of the diversified business group Bajaj Group, describes how a government minister in India approached him for a favor, which he refused.

Cem Boyner

Cem Boyner

Corruption

Cem Boyner, Chair of Boyner Holdings, one of the largest retail groups in Turkey, explains how when he was the Chair of the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) between 1989 and 1990, his description of the government as a “kleptocracy” resulted him being summoned to court, and to his decision to attempt to pursue a political career in order to change the system.

Mavath R. Chandran

Mavath R. Chandran

Corruption

Mavath R. Chandran, a veteran executive in the Malaysian palm oil industry and an advisor to the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil, discusses the strict ethical codes that his former employer, Belgian-owned Socfin, put in place to control corruption, and notes how Singapore has been able to counter corruption by paying officials high salaries.

María Emilia Correa

María Emilia Correa

Corruption

María Emilia Correa, co-founder of Sistema B, a Latin American organization promoting B Corporations and sustainability, discusses the problem of corruption in Latin America, and her hope of an entrepreneurial solution to the issue through greater transparency and changing incentives inside firms.

Melek El Nimer

Melek El Nimer

Corruption

Melek El Nimer, founder of the Social Support Society and Unite Lebanon Youth Project in Lebanon, details the policies her organizations have put in place to shield them from corruption, which she describes as a pervasive problem in Lebanon.

Alberto Grimoldi

Alberto Grimoldi

Corruption

Alberto Grimold, President of the Argentina-based apparel and footwear company Grimoldi, discusses the challenges of competing with the many companies in the informal economy which pay no tax, and explains how this impacts decisions to compete in channels such as shopping malls where it is harder to avoid tax.

Pedro Gómez

Pedro Gómez

Corruption

Pedro Gómez, who founded the construction company Pedro Gómez y Cia in Colombia in 1968, sums up the lessons of his long career for young Colombians, especially the need to behave ethically and to challenge corruption.

Mo Ibrahim

Mo Ibrahim

Corruption

Mo Ibrahim, the founder of the telecommunications company Celtel and later a major corporate philanthropist with the founding of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, explains his views on the dual role played by government and business in perpetuating corruption in Africa.

Naina Lal Kidwai

Naina Lal Kidwai

Corruption

Naina Lal Kidwai, former head of HSBC India and founder of the India Sanitation Coalition, discusses how to create a successful organization without participating in corruption.

Suresh Krishna

Suresh Krishna

Corruption

Suresh Krishna, founder of the largest manufacturer of industrial fasteners for the auto industry in India, discusses his company's decision following India's economic liberalization in the 1990's not to enter industries controlled by the government.

James Mwangi

James Mwangi

Corruption

James Mwangi, CEO of Kenya’s Equity Bank, which has one of the largest customer bases of any bank in Africa, argues that the lack of financial literacy posed a far bigger challenge to the bank in Kenya than problems of corruption.