The term Business Integrity refers to the existence of a framework of ethical rules, structures and policies based on strict compliance with the laws regulating economic activities as well as additional optional self-regulation instruments (such as business ethics principles, codes of ethics and anti-corruption policies) which set out the rules of conduct of companies and their interaction with the external environment (including business partners/suppliers/subcontractors, customers/clients, public bodies, business associations, lobbyists, media). This framework of rules must go hand in hand with the creation of bodies to monitor their implementation.