June 13, 2022Technical StaffThe United States has a history of corruption and scandals. One of the most recent and prominent scandals was the Watergate scandal. In that particular case, the scandal happened because of Richard Nixon and his staff. They were using their position as president to serve their own...
Technical StaffJune 10, 2022The Definition of CorruptionThe 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 and sources....
May 26, 2022Technical StaffOn 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 $30...
May 14, 2022Technical StaffCorruption 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 researching...
Technical StaffApril 30, 2022We 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 channel...
“Engaging University Students to Prevent Corruption”April 28, 2022Mike J. MasoudUniversities 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. Even when...
“Ericsson’s shareholders handed chief executive Börje Ekholm an unusual rebuke on Tuesday, voting to hold him accountable for the telecom giant’s mishandling of the Iraq bribery scandal and revelations about possible payments to the Islamic State terror group.”
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