Argentina

Collective Action Agreement to Promote Integrity in the Legal Professions

Fundacíon Universidad de San Andres (FUdeSA); Association of Corporate Counsel Latin America - Argentina Chapter

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Collective Action Agreement to Promote Integrity in the Legal Professions

Mission

Promote integrity, transparency, and compliance with the rule of law in the legal professions in Argentina

Goals

The agreement is a voluntary ethics pledge for in-house counsel that aims to generate consensus-based policy reform. By taking the pledge, the in-house lawyers volunteer to practice law with integrity. The pledge is based on Article 2 of the Ethics Rules of the Bar Association of the City of Buenos Aires, which prohibits lawyers from “advising any fraudulent act”.

Stakeholders

The initiative brings together in-house lawyers who are members of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Latin America.

It was established by the Transparency Programme of the Law Department of the University of San Andrés. The Argentinan Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Latin America serves as facilitators of the initiative, accompanying the group of lawyers by tracking the implementation of the agreement.

Activities

As facilitator, the ACC Argentina assesses and reports findings to the members, answers interpretive consultations related to the scope of the pledge, and if required, facilitates dispute resolutions among members of the Association, and promotes the future inclusion of other members of the profession.

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Status

  • active
    The initiative or project is currently being worked on.

Countries Operations

Countries Host

Scope

  • national
    Initiative that operates in and focuses mainly on one country, whether on a national or sub-national level.

Industries

Stakeholders

  • Private sector
    Privately owned commercial (for-profit) entities of all sizes, including SMEs
  • Civil society
    non-governmental organisations (national or international), foundations funded by private entities, faith-based organisations, Professional associations, Industry associations, Chambers of Commerce, Local Global Compact Networks
  • Academia
    research and education institutions (privately or state owned)

Type

  • Standard-setting initiative
    Codes of conduct, Industry/country anti-corruption policies/compliance standards, Self-assessments tools and mechanisms/methodologies, Implementation tools

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