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Cecilia Pechmeze is invited by EuroCham Myanmar and the Myanmar Center for Responsible Business to share her experience of corporate operations in fragile areas. The event will be part of a webinar series by EuroCham Myanmar and the MCRB, that dives into the topic of Heightened Due Diligence in Myanmar: Guidance for Business. The series aims at highlighting Heightened Human Rights Due Diligence from various angles and at providing guidance to international businesses operating in Myanmar to apply this in the local context.
Offsets, that consist, for an importing country, in imposing that a Government procurement be compensated by the creation of value in the country, are oftentimes suspected of enabling corruption schemes. However, available data do not reflect such reality. While, as all operations, those whose object it is to fulfill offset obligations must indeed account for risks of corruption, the disproportionate amount of attention this risk gathers leads to neglecting others, whose consequences may be potentially as harmful.
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