Session 4: Defence at speed: Protecting integrity when urgency and confidentiality collide
Mar 16, 2027 | 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
CC13
Description
Rapidly expanding defence expenditure and industrial capacity are reshaping defence markets. Complex international supply chains, the entry of new market actors, urgent contracting needs and legitimate confidentiality requirements can all create particular foreign bribery and integrity risks. In times of urgency, companies and public authorities are under pressure to move quickly without weakening the safeguards that underpin responsible business conduct and fair market access.
This session will examine how anti-bribery and integrity safeguards can keep pace with fast-moving defence markets. It will consider the respective roles and responsibilities of private and state-owned companies and public authorities; corporate due diligence and compliance; risks arising through supply chains and third-party relationships; and how law enforcement authorities can adapt their detection and investigative approaches to the particular challenges of defence markets, while recognising the need for speed and the timely delivery of critical capabilities.
