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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CJL Co-Directors Lead IDLO Learning Session on Social Norms & Corruption
As part of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) annual learning series, Diana and Cheyanne, CJL Co-Directors, led a discussion
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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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Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church Presents at Swedish Embassy in Kampala
Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church, the CJL Program Co-Director, gave a presentation to the Swedish Embassy in Kampala in November 2019 about the
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Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church Facilitates DGF Session in Kampala
In November 2019, Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church facilitated a half-day diagnostic session in Kampala with partners of the Democracy Governance Facility (DGF).
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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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Diana Chigas Discusses Social Norms and Corruption at Corruption in Fragile States Conference
At the invitation of U4, Diana Chigas, CJL’s Program Co-Director traveled to Berlin in October 2019 to talk about why
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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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Understanding Social Norms: A Reference Guide for Policy and Practice
A guide by Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church and Diana Chigas,
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