ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the scope of the challenge of corruption traces aspects of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) response to the various challenges of corruption, it highlights, the civil cases against bribery. Corruption is ubiquitous, complex, multifarious and of seemingly intractable transnational concern. The hallmark requirement of the Convention obligates States Parties to criminalise active corruption' in their respective jurisdictions. Several provisions within the Convention call upon States Parties to engage in international cooperation and coordination in pursuit of their mutual objectives. The Australian Wheat Board (AWB) Oil-for-Wheat Scandal provides a ready example of a wealthy commercial enterprise engaging in corrupt behaviour in dereliction of domestic Australian law, United Nations sanctions and Convention obligations. Implicit within each of the examples offered in defence of corruption may be the charges of cultural relativism and neo-colonialism charges levelled against those who would enforce transnational efforts to stem the frequency of such practices in international business transactions.
