Technical StaffJune 10, 2022 The Definition of Corruption The American Anti-Corruption Institute (AACI) defines corruption as “Abuse of power or perceived power or entrusted authority for direct or indirect private monetary or non monetary gain.” 1 Therefore, the existence of power is a prerequisite for corruption. Power has many forms […]
May 27, 2022Technical Staff On May 24, 2022, the Anglo-Swiss organization announced that it will pay $700 million to settle a bribery investigation in the United States, as well as $486 million to settle claims of market manipulation. However, the company is still under investigation in Switzerland and the Netherlands. 1 […]
May 26, 2022Technical Staff On September 18, 2015, Volkswagen Group, Europe’s largest automaker, acknowledged to using unlawful software to cheat U.S. diesel emissions testing, causing the worst business crisis in the company’s 80-year history. By September 2017, the total bill for its emissions-test cheating scandal was estimated to be around […]
May 19, 2022Mike Masoud The importance of universities, colleges, and other educational institutions in preventing and deterring corruption cannot be overstated. Promoting an ethos of accountability and honesty in the academic community begins with fostering a culture of integrity and transparency among students and faculty members alike. That is why, […]
May 14, 2022Technical Staff Corruption affects the world’s poorest people, whether through direct infringement of human rights or the depletion of public funds, resulting in shaky infrastructure and an insufficient supply of public goods and services. However, there is a need to direct more resources and efforts towards studying and […]
Technical StaffApril 30, 2022 We started publishing short videos called “Shorts” on YouTube. In less than one minute, we started publishing short clips from our earlier recorded videos that may have gone unnoticed by our viewers or subscribers. We also published non-English clips translated into English. Subscribe to our YouTube […]
“Engaging University Students to Prevent Corruption” April 28, 2022Mike J. Masoud Universities are social institutions with a critical role to play in the battle against corruption. Most colleges, however, do not include their students in the battle against corruption. Furthermore, most colleges do not offer anti-corruption courses to their students. […]
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