Arguments or Excuses? Common Reasons I Hear to Avoid Reparations for Corruption Cases
By Dr. Juanita Olaya Garcia In a previous post, I discussed why it is vital to address the collective damages
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A Good Contagion: Social Norms Makes Its Move in Anti-Corruption Thinking
By Matthew Muspratt As anti-corruption advocates dial in to virtual meetings and COVID-19 wipes clean the slate of forthcoming conferences
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Reparations for Corruption: How Corruption Enforcement Ignores Victims’ Rights
By Dr. Juanita Olaya Garcia This week, Airbus, a European aircraft maker, announced a USD 4 billion settlement with US,
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2020: Happy New Year
On behalf of the Corruption, Justice and Legitimacy (CJL) team at The Fletcher School, we wish all of our subscribers a wonderful 2020. Part of the fun of the New Year is looking back on what has transpired in the past 12 months, so that is exactly what our team has done with the Corruption in Fragile States blog.
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Why You Should be Using Social Media to Change Corrupt Behaviors
On International Anti-Corruption Day, Elizabeth Robinson discusses the importance of a social and behavioral change communication approach in combatting corruption.
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What You Must Know to Differentiate Norms from What’s Normal
Getting past the ‘all things that are normal are norms’ is critical to accurately diagnosing the social norms that do drive a corrupt pattern of behavior (e.g. bribery, sextortion), which in turn is necessary to devise effective strategies. This post offers up four ‘lessons’ to remember when differentiating between what is normal and social norm driven behavior.
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Corruption: Is the Law Blindsiding a More Meaningful Discourse?
Jane Ellis, editor of the book “Corruption, Social Sciences and the Law: Exploration Across Disciplines” says focusing on the supply side of corruption is a blunt instrument as it ignores the reasons why and/or the circumstances in which corruption in some countries may occur. Here, she argues for a multidisciplinary & collaborative approach to these issues.
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Everything You Need to Know about Social Norms and Corruption
Did you know … … that social norms can act as the brake to sustainable behavior change? … that social
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Fighting Organized Crime: What Works in Law Enforcement and Beyond
By Phyllis Dininio. Transnational organized crime has expanded dramatically in size and scope in the 21st century and now poses threats to security, politics, commerce and communities. Countering it effectively is not just a job for law enforcement. Policymakers and practitioners need to pull their weight to enable effective responses. This blog post offers a snapshot of what works to counter transnational organized crime based on expert remarks presented at a series of USAID-hosted roundtable discussions on rule of law and organized crime.
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Top Three Challenges and Good Practices in Anti-Corruption
By Diana Chigas and Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church. We were asked to identify the top challenges and “good practices” for developing countries in preventing and combating corruption for the June 2019 edition of Multiples, a Just Governance Group publication. As developing countries, and especially fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS) face many challenges to preventing and reducing corruption, we felt a somewhat longer version of our original response was a worthy endeavor.
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