This report explores why and how a company ought to measure the effectiveness of its approach to anti-corruption. We analyse what is understood by “measuring effectiveness”, highlight practical considerations, and provide examples of metrics that are proving useful for companies.

The need to work on this subject arose as a result of our 2020 report Open Business, which provides principles and guidance for corporate anti-corruption transparency. During the research for Open Business, it became apparent that one of the reasons why companies are not disclosing meaningful anti-corruption information is because they are not gathering and measuring the necessary information on how they manage their corruption risks to subsequently disclose it. It is with this in mind that we have published our new report Make it Count. Companies that face significant corruption risks need to know whether their approach to anti-corruption works in practice and should be able to demonstrate that it does.