Non-U.S. Policies, Procedures and Regulations

Just like the United States, many countries have Anti-trust (also known as competition) laws. For more information, please check out the following links:

• European Commission Competition Law Overview
• Australia’s National Competition Policy
• Competition Bureau Canada
• Competition Act 2002 India (PDF, 1.2 MB)

The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and its project partners have established specialized web sites for many of their regional anti-corruption programs. These web sites provide access to region-specific anti-corruption projects, literature, stakeholders and databases. You can view a list of these web sites by viewing The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development Web site. The web site provides information for the following groups:  

• Support for Improvement in Governance and Management (SIGMA) supports around 30 countries in Central and Eastern European and Mediterranean regions.
• Asian Development Bank (ADB) with OECD lead 28 countries and economies of the Asia-Pacific region to commit to action against corruption by developing and implementing the Anti-Corruption Action Plan for Asia and the Pacific.
• The Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia provides a regional forum for the promotion of anti-corruption activities, donor coordination, elaboration of best practices, and exchange of information.
• The African Development Bank (AfDB) and OECD aims to assist African countries in their fight against bribery of government officials and improve corporate integrity and accountability.
• The Latin America program is designed to promote integrity in Latin America and strengthen implementation and enforcement of regional anti-corruption conventions.
• Middle East and North Africa (MENA) deals with issues related to corruption and public and private sector integrity within the framework of MENA and OECD. Also review the Regional Task Force on Responsible Business Conduct which promotes responsible business conduct in the MENA region.

Questions about non-us policies, procedures and regulations pertaining to IEEE may be addressed to ieee-corporate-compliance@ieee.org