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Republicans have decided to deliberately give a green light to secret and potentially corrupt deals abroad.
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One of David Cameron’s more tangible legacies is in danger as the UK rushes to secure trading partners around the globe.
Donald Trump has promised to make America great again.
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The Global Trends report provides a useful starting point to reflect on what’s in store for Africa over the next five years. And how the continent should think about responding to its challenges.
Sussan Ley is the latest federal MP to be embroiled in an expenses scandal.
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Voters are fed up with political scandals consuming time and energy, especially when the country is facing several social and economic challenges.
The Greens have renewed calls for a federal body to investigate corruption in politics.
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A federal ICAC will not solve the sorts of problems Australian politicians have recently embroiled themselves in.
Mea culpa: Park Geun-hye.
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One of the world’s cleaner democracies just threw out its president for corruption. How can countries do a better job of keeping their leaders clean?
South Africa’s public protector, Thuli Madonsela, was rated among the world’s 100 most influential people by Time.
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The public protector needs to be “fit and proper”. That means he or she must be honest, reliable and have integrity.These qualities cannot be assessed through an interview and background checks only.
A boy holds a placard during a rally in support of President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption campaign.
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Corruption in Nigeria is not something that can be blamed solely on multinationals. It is much, much more complex.
I’m clean, promise: the UK’s David Cameron and Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari.
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Ask the British public about routine government and business practices, and they’ll tell you they’re deeply corrupt.
Brazil is reeling from the political corruption scandal involving former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (pictured on the fake bills) and members of the current government.
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The headlines are full of stories of corruption and mega scandals, but what does it mean for the rest of us? And what makes the economic cost of corruption so high?
The reaction of listed Chinese companies to corruption revelations is often strangely muted.
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Corruption charges may shake the share prices of western companies, but in China the situation is more complex.
Jokowi: scourge of corruption?
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A dynamic new president promised Indonesians sweeping reform of a rotten system. Instead, all they’ve gotten are baby steps.
Protesting students from the University of Zimbabwe take to the streets of Harare in 2001.
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In 1988 students from the University of Zimbabwe began demonstrating against government corruption. Their protests grew into a national movement that indelibly changed the country.
Indonesia’s anti-corruption campaign ‘Jujur itu hebat’ (honesty is great) calls for people to rise as ‘heroes’. But how many of us want to be the nail that sticks out to get hammered?
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Indonesia has carried out campaigns against corruption. But they don’t seem to be working very well. Why is that?
The wisdom of crowds? An anti-corruption rally in India.
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Could the key to countering a culture of bribery and greed be in the hands of the people?
A ragged record. UK and corruption.
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David Cameron’s call for an era of clean money has opened the door to a host of problems for the powerful as capitalism struggles into a new era.
Business schools need to make anti-corruption education part of their curricula.
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Education could be a valuable weapon in Africa’s fight against corruption. Three business schools are already putting this theory to the test, with positive results.
The Indonesian parliament plans to weaken the country’s anti-corruption commission, the KPK, despite strong public support for its work.
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The Indonesian parliament is planning to revise the law on the country’s anti-graft agency. If passed, elements of the revision could weaken the agency’s power to investigate corruption.
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The inside story of an Interpol conference (sponsored by FIFA) on how to use education and research to tackle match fixing and corruption in soccer.
Nigeria’s president elect, Muhammadu Buhari has much to do.
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Back at the helm, Muhammadu Buhari must turn his attention to corruption, unemployment, infrastructure and the economy.