Standards for a firm's interaction with host governments, including obligations to avoid contributing to corruption: both extortion and bribery.

Standards	Examples: LCE/SME	Resources/News
OECD Convention against Bribery OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises USA Department of Commerce Basic Guidelines	BP Publish what you pay	OECD Report on Trust in Government Ethics Measures in OECD Countries. Please note: one copy can be downloaded for personal use only. Nine out of ten developing countries urgently need practical support to fight corruption, highlights new index The Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2003 charts levels of corruption in 133 countries. Seven out of ten countries score less than 5 out of a clean score of 10, while five out of ten developing countries score less than 3 out of 10.