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NEW YORK, Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board today launched a new research report - Safeguarding Intellectual Property and Addressing Corruption in the Global Supply Chain - which presents insights gleaned from a Research Working Group, in which The Conference Board partnered with executives from multinational companies including DuPont, Microsoft, ARAMARK, Emerson, TE Connectivity, Rockwell Automation, Siemens, and others as well as other companies, nonprofit organizations and law firms. The report also reflects key findings from a major benchmarking survey of Intellectual Property (IP) and compliance attorneys at leading firms worldwide, with respondents representing