In September 2011, Accenture settled a lawsuit with the US Department of Justice, which accused the vendor of having received kickbacks for recommending certain vendors' hardware and software to government agencies, inflating prices and rigging contract bids. Accenture agreed to pay about USD 63.7m. Accenture is a member of the UNGC Anti-Corruption Working Group.
Read more at: DatacenterDynamics | Accenture settles US federal-contracting kickback lawsuit
This blog provides information on how U.N. Global Compact participants' walk the talk. The GC is a voluntary initiative at the strategic level to engage businesses towards sustainability principles. There is however a risk of 'blue-washing' by covering up corporate misbehaviour and law infringement from large MNEs through poorly enforced 'Integrity Measures' and weak U.N supervision. Let's 'WE', civil society stay tuned!
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