These are the official opinions of The American Anti-Corruption Institute (AACI). Our vision, mission, and code of ethics provide the guidelines for our views.
September 30, 2021“Whistleblowing is a disclosure made by a person with privileged access to an organization’s data or information about a wrongdoing, which implicates the organization, to persons or organizations that may be able to effect action’’ 1,2,3. It is a complex socio-economic phenomenon that requires careful understanding and attention...
Mik MasoudSeptember 15, 2021Earlier this month, the trial of one of the biggest healthcare frauds in U.S. history has started. The currently available information is scary, serious, and alarming. It is the Theranos scandal.On Oct. 16, 2015, John Carreyrou, twice-Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist of The Wall Street Journal, published a report in the Wall Street Journal alleging...
September 3, 2021When one reads the opinion of the eye-witness, Sarah Chayes, on what happened in Afghanistan, he understands the nature, magnitude, and dynamics of corruption that devastated the country. One would not be surprised by the humiliation and shameful scenes at Kabul International Airport. Sarah’s opinion provides insights into how...
Technical staffAugust 26, 2021The government is in charge of fighting corruption in the country. However, to obtain meaningful outcomes, people, civil society, and the media community are required to engage in anti-corruption efforts. We will concentrate on what a government may do to accomplish successful anti-corruption goals in the private...
Mike. J. MasoudAugust 22, 2021The scenes of the chaos at the Kabul International Airport the world watched summed up the U.S. and its allies’ failure in Afghanistan. It is disgraceful, revealing, and costly. But occupation does not have more than one definition in the United Nations. History taught us that...
Technical StaffJuly 31, 2021Corruption has become an integral part of the government’s failure to confront the plague of poverty and a lack of basic health and education services. We are not exaggerating when we claim that corruption is the primary cause of institutional, corporate, and state failure. What is happening...
Technical StaffJuly 30, 2021The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) stated that ” Exposing those who abuse power for personal gain is a dangerous activity. Nearly 300 journalists killed for their work since CPJ started keeping records in 1992 covered corruption, either as their primary beat, or one of several.”CPJ published an important...
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