Anticor

There is nothing in capitalism that says businesspeople should operate in secrecy. Capitalism and transparency in business can go hand in hand. It is a common theme among businesspeople that there should be less regulation from the government. At Anticor we believe we should give businesspeople the chance to operate with no new regulation to prove that they have the public’s best interest in all of their operations.

Anticor is an anticorruption strategy for nations that have large corporations operating in them. Instead of adding new regulation to the business sector, we believe that a policy of transparency should be adopted. Businesspeople have enjoyed secrecy in their practices for far too long. These practices prevent consumers from making informed decisions and essentially voting for “good” companies with their wallets.

Anticor believes a transition to transparent business practices can be achieved without compromising trade secrets, formulas, or secret recipes. The focus will be bringing transparency to the decisions and communications of the executives and management of a company. This can be achieved by gearing each company toward a standardized platform for communication within a company.

Anticor will encourage governments to give their businesspeople a chance by allowing them to operate in secrecy as they have since the dawn of the industrial revolution. If a corporation makes one mistake, such as an oil spill, train derailment, or case of food poisoning; they will then have to become transparent to the public. Rather than a government developing new regulation the government will require the corporation in question to publish all communications on the standardized platform.

Rather than a slap on the wrist fine when a corporation makes a mistake, the government will require the corporation to incur all costs for producing all communications onto the standardized platform. This will encourage all corporations to align their communications systems with the standardized platform in preparation for if they have a misstep. If a company makes no mistakes it will enjoy the secrecy it has enjoyed from its founding with no new regulation added to its industry. 

The standardized platform will allow for crowdsourcing from the public to investigate every aspect of a company’s communications. Volunteers from the country’s population will be able to assign themselves to certain emails, phone transcriptions, or recoded meetings so that there isn’t redundancy for sake of everyone’s time. Volunteers will be able to flag certain communications for review by other volunteers and bring them to the attention of government authorities if needed.

If a company makes a mistake the status of its non-discloser agreements will be in jeopardy and the company will be required to adhere to stricter communication monitoring policies. This may include all executives having an app on their phones that can record meetings and monitor if the phone is in proximity of another executive’s phone within the company. If two executive’s phones are in proximity it will be required that one of them is recording any dialogue that may occur.

All votes of boards will be recorded and the public will be able to see exactly how a board member voted on a topic. These policies will undoubtedly be embraced by some executives who want transparency and rejected by others who like to operate in secrecy. The key is that the government enforces the policies so as to protect those managers and executives that wish to be transparent and achieve success through the merit of their work.

The standardized platform can be developed by working with charities to test the system within a nation. Most charities should volunteer to be part of the program without requiring a mandate from the government. Anticor would encourage an incentive program for getting charities on board with the standardize platform. Aspects of company communication monitoring can be tested and developed through cooperation of board members and executives of these charities.

In conclusion Anticor is a simple concept and program. Give businesspeople what they want in order conduct their business, little to no government regulation, and let them prove that they have the public’s best interest at the forefront of their operations. If a business has an action that shows it did not have the citizens’ health, safety, and tranquility somewhere in its operations the corporation will be penalized by making their operations transparent to the public. If a company is operating in good faith, then this course of action should effect profits less than government regulation would in the long term.