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ACRN Blog: A View from Canada
This blog post deals with corruption in Canada, a country that is commonly viewed as being relatively free from corruption. It suggests that when it comes to private sector corruption, particularly in the case of foreign bribery, Canada still has a long way to go.
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Corruption, Norms, and Legal Enforcement: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets
By analyzing the parking behavior of UN officials in NY, the study examines the relationship between cultural norms and corruption when there is no legal enforcement. Although not carried out most recently, this innovative approach that yields some very interesting insights is worth referencing.
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Private Commercial Bribery
This publication is the result of a collaboration between the International Chamber of Commerce and the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law. Thirteen country reports examine the laws of private sector bribery with regards to criminal, civil and administrative measures. In terms of criminal law, the reports reflect the lack of a uniform and systematic approach to the phenomenon of private sector bribery. In contrast to the criminalization of bribery of public officials, the criminalization of private sector bribery is growing at a slower pace. There is no unanimity about the interests that criminal laws protect which range from corporate assets to free competition and loyalty in the employment relationship.
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Nov 18, 2010 11:52 AM
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Asia Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, North America, Anti-Corruption Institutions, Anti-Corruption Laws, Conventions, Law Enforcement, Self-regulation, Qualitative Analysis, Single Country Analysis, Comparative Analysis, International Analysis, Private Sector (General)
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Where the Bribes Are Paid - Interactive Database
This interactive database compiles decades of data on violations and penalties under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the U.S. flagship legislation that makes bribery of foreign officials a crime. Since its inception, prosecutors have penalized over 200 companies under the FCPA in about 80 countries, amassing about $4 billion in penalties. The database, called Where the Bribes are Paid , allows users to see how the total penalties amassed in each country break down by sector.
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World Development Indicators 2011
The primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources, the World Development Indicators (WDI) is the World Bank's flagship statistical publication and establishes the benchmark against which development progress is measured. This 15th edition of WDI in its current format, aims to provide relevant, high-quality, internationally comparable statistics about development and the quality of people’s lives around the globe. It focuses on the impact of the decision to make data freely available under an open license and with better online tools. The section introductions discuss key issues in measuring the economic and social phenomena described in the tables and charts and introduce new sources of data. It includes more than 900 indicators in more than 90 tables organized in 6 sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links. The data includes national, regional and global estimates.
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Farzana Nawaz
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Jul 12, 2011 02:17 PM
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Developement Assistance, Environment, Gender, Local Government, Post-conflict, Poverty, Security, Global, Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Latin America and the Carribbean, Asia Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, North America, Empirical Data Analysis, Single Country Analysis, International Analysis, Private Sector (General), Education, Health, Extractives, Financial Markets, Forestry, Energy, Water
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World Values Survey
Representative responses to a wide variety of questions on subjective values, including corruption themes, collected in 87 societes in five waves between 1981 and 2008, totalling more than 256.000 interviews.
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Ethics in American Politics (University of Florida)
In recent decades, the focus of concern about political ethics has shifted to the problem of "conflicts of interest" between elected officials' private interests and their public duties, and to the regulation of campaign finance. This course examines theories of political ethics, important episodes of corruption, and the regulation of political ethics through elections and legislation.
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Political Corruption and Governance (Columbia University)
This course on comparative political corruption is both relevant to the field of comparative politics and public policy, and is suitable for a wide-range of graduate and undergraduate students in political science, public policy, international affairs, business (international business ethics), and law (white-collar crimes). As a comparative politics survey, it will introduce students to several key social science debates on the causes and effects of political corruption. Through on-going discussions about whether corruption hurts economic development and political stability, this class will provide a better understanding of the impact of corruption on bureaucracy, the economy, and society at large.
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Job Posting
Research Director - Edmond J. Safra Research Lab
Jan 23, 2012 02:40 PM
Working closely with the Center's Director, Lawrence Lessig, the Research Director will coordinate the work of the Edmond J. Safra Research Lab (the Lab) by identifying ...
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Job Posting
Senior Fellow Governance Studies
Nov 24, 2010 11:23 AM
The Governance Studies Program at the Brookings Institution is accepting applications for a Senior Fellow with expertise in American politics, institutions, and policy. ...
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