Microsoft announced that, as of this month, all of its partners worldwide will be required to provide anti-corruption training to all their employees who resell, distribute, or market Microsoft products or services.

“Microsoft holds itself to high standards for legal compliance and ethical business practices and expects its partners to do the same,” the company stated. The announcement was made in its Partner Network Disclosure Guide.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...