Dieter Zinnbauer, Senior Program Manager for Emerging Policy Issues at Transparency International, contributes the following guest post on the pending Alibaba IPO:

The anticipated listing of Alibaba, China’s rising corporate tech star, on a U.S. stock exchange is likely to be the IPO of the year. The business press is awash in speculations about the financial and economic impact of this much hyped IPO. Will this listing also create a big splash in the fight against corruption? What will be the impact on business integrity when this fast-growing Chinese tech company lists in the US and, as a result, directly subjects itself to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other corporate governance rules?

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