Posts cover the costs of corruption of all kinds. Such costs include, but not limited to, those associated with and have negative impacts on the rule of law, public funds, and resources, education, healthcare, poverty, civil society, economic sustainability, foreign direct investment (FDI), interest rate, citizenship, and citizens trust in public institutions.
These posts also cover the negative consequences of corruption on the proper separation of powers (legislative, judicial, and executive), and tax collections.
February 27, 2021Technical Staff 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 nonmonetary gain.” [1] This definition applies to all economic sectors and entities. It applies to private and public sectors and also applies...
February 19, 2020Technical Staff We were not surprised by the higher education news published in the Guardian newspaper on February 19, 2020. The phenomenon of the Diploma Mills is not new. It goes back many many years. Google defines diploma mills as “an institution or organization that grants large numbers...
January 31, 2021Technical staff The following are recent important anti-corruption analysis and developments that shall have notable impacts on the global fight against corruption: Combating Global Corruption Act reintroduced in Senate – Homeland Preparedness NewsSens. Todd Young (R-IN) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) have reintroduced a measure they said would make...
M. J. MasoudJanuary 15, 2020 Corruption manifests itself through conflict and permanent contradiction in human societies. Absolute power most likely leads to corruption. Justice is the basis of governing. When domestic and international efforts are united to fight corruption, corruption deterrence tends to prevail. But fighting corruption alone will not...
December 10, 2020 A Keynote speech by Dr. Choong Y. Lee, University Professor at Pittsburg State University (https://www.pittstate.edu/), Kansas, USA, delivered at the first international anti-corruption conference of Lebanon Certified Anti-Corruption Managers (LCACM) – https://lcacm.org, Beirut – Lebanon on December 9, 2020. LCACM conducted the conference in cooperation with The...
December 10, 2020 Ms. Gina Chammas’s presentation discusses whether there is a Ponzi scheme at the Central Bank of Lebanon or not based on discussing the CBL audited financial statements and the audit report of the year ended December 31, 2018. In addition, Ms. Chammas discusses the Ponzi scheme news...
December 10, 2020 L. B. Files, CACM, CDD, president of The American Anti-Corruption Institute (AACI), addresses Lebanon Certified Anti-Corruption Managers (LCACM) https://lcacm.org first International Virtual Anti-Corruption Conference on Dec. 9, 2020, celebrating the Anti-Corruption Day.Mr. Files discusses the history of corruption and asserts several significant matters about the nature of...
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