However we do not feel that the Guidance deserves quite so harsh a judgment and indeed welcome the Guidance. The reason is that we welcome any interpretation of new legislative from one of the world’s strongest anti-bribery and anti-corruption regimes; as it puts into the hands of compliance professionals information on current best practices of an anti-bribery and anti-corruption program. We believe that the Guidance fulfills that mission. In this posting we will set out the Six Principles and in subsequent postings we will discuss each Principle in detail.