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EBA was founded in 2000, by Ukrainian businessman ], and he runs it out of Oxford and Ukraine, along with his son Ivan Savvov.<ref name="thetimes1"/><ref name="dailymail1">{{cite web|last=Curtis |first=Joseph |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4724826/Ukrainian-businessmen-make-millions-selling-fake-honours.html |title=Ukrainian businessmen make millions selling 'fake' honours |publisher=Dailymail.co.uk |date=24 July 2017 |accessdate=26 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03964500 |title=EUROPE BUSINESS ASSEMBLY LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House) |publisher=Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-07-26}}</ref> EBA was founded in 2000, by Ukrainian businessman ], and he runs it out of Oxford and Ukraine, along with his son Ivan Savvov.<ref name="thetimes1"/><ref name="dailymail1">{{cite web|last=Curtis |first=Joseph |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4724826/Ukrainian-businessmen-make-millions-selling-fake-honours.html |title=Ukrainian businessmen make millions selling 'fake' honours |publisher=Dailymail.co.uk |date=24 July 2017 |accessdate=26 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03964500 |title=EUROPE BUSINESS ASSEMBLY LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House) |publisher=Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-07-26}}</ref>


==Operations== ==Activities==
EBA offers the European Quality Award, Socrates International Award (for intellectual development of society), Best Enterprise Award, Best Manager of the Year Award, Rose of Paracelsus Award (medical practice and practitioners), Queen Victoria Commemorative Medal (corporate social responsibility), and The Name in Science Award.<ref>{{cite web|title=The International Socrates Awards|url=http://awards.ebaoxford.co.uk|website=Europe Business Assembly|accessdate=28 July 2017}}</ref> The awards are presented in venues including ] and the ] in London, by EBA's director general John Netting, a former lecturer at ], with ceremonies including trumpeters, bagpipes, processions, and period costumes.<ref name="dailymail1"/> Although EBA advertised itself as being an Oxford institution, it has no relations with the ].<ref name="thetimes1"/> EBA offers the European Quality Award, Socrates International Award (for intellectual development of society), Best Enterprise Award, Best Manager of the Year Award, Rose of Paracelsus Award (medical practice and practitioners), Queen Victoria Commemorative Medal (corporate social responsibility), and The Name in Science Award.<ref>{{cite web|title=The International Socrates Awards|url=http://awards.ebaoxford.co.uk|website=Europe Business Assembly|accessdate=28 July 2017}}</ref> The awards are presented in venues including ] and the ] in London, by EBA's director general John Netting, a former lecturer at ], with ceremonies including trumpeters, bagpipes, processions, and period costumes.<ref name="dailymail1"/> Although EBA advertised itself as being an Oxford institution, it has no relations with the ].<ref name="thetimes1"/>


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The Europe Business Assembly (EBA) is an Oxford-based organisation selling what The Times has called "fake awards", or what are more widely known as "vanity awards". EBA also runs the Oxford Academic Union and publishes the Socrates Almanac.

Background

EBA was founded in 2000, by Ukrainian businessman Anton Savvov, and he runs it out of Oxford and Ukraine, along with his son Ivan Savvov.

Activities

EBA offers the European Quality Award, Socrates International Award (for intellectual development of society), Best Enterprise Award, Best Manager of the Year Award, Rose of Paracelsus Award (medical practice and practitioners), Queen Victoria Commemorative Medal (corporate social responsibility), and The Name in Science Award. The awards are presented in venues including Oxford Town Hall and the Institute of Directors in London, by EBA's director general John Netting, a former lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, with ceremonies including trumpeters, bagpipes, processions, and period costumes. Although EBA advertised itself as being an Oxford institution, it has no relations with the University of Oxford.

The EBA also runs the Oxford Academic Union, with membership costing £980, and publishes the Socrates Almanac.

Criticism

In 2013, the Center for Investigative Reporting found that companies and individuals in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia had been buying awards from EBA for many years and claiming that they were "outstanding results achieved in a prestigious competition". CIN reported that "winners pay for the awards and participation in the ceremonies", with fees of up to €11,000 for participation in a ceremony, and an award costing about around €7,300. EBA was also investigated by Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).

In 2015, an Indonesian magazine criticized EBA for selling "meaningless accolades to egotistical officials, especially those from countries notorious for corruption". The report noted at least two Indonesian officials had purchased the "nonsense awards". In 2017, two Malaysian councils were criticized for buying awards from EBA in 2013 and 2014. Malaysian local legislator Muhammad Farid Saad equated the acquisition of the honors to "buying fake academic degrees”. Also in 2017, Chinese media reported that China's state-run Longyuan Power Group had "allegedly paid for the made-up award of Best Enterprise" in 2011 from EBA. The South China Morning Post said the scam traded on the University of Oxford’s name to sell fake awards to companies.

In July 2017, The Times reported that the "University of Oxford's academic reputation is being exploited by Ukrainian businessmen selling millions of pounds worth of fake awards and honours".

References

  1. ^ Kenber, Billy (24 July 2017). "Oxford university in fake awards farce". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  2. ^ Curtis, Joseph (24 July 2017). "Ukrainian businessmen make millions selling 'fake' honours". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  3. "EUROPE BUSINESS ASSEMBLY LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  4. "The International Socrates Awards". Europe Business Assembly. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Bought International Awards to Show Off at Home Turf : CIN". Cin.ba. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  6. "What Price Honor?". www.occrp.org. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  7. Yeung, Kenneth (13 July 2015). "What Price Glory?". Indonesia Expat. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  8. Sin Chow, Tan (27 July 2017). "Penang local councils 'fell for vanity awards scam'". Star Media Group Berhad. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  9. Hu, Tracy (26 July 2017). "Chinese wind energy firm in Oxford fake awards scam, report says". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

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