When fame and glory are at stake, human nature seems to dictate that some people will cheat.
Young people understand the value of education but find fees prohibitively high in a context of widespread unemployment and low incomes.
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The huge problem of youth unemployment in South Africa appears to be getting worse. New research will hopefully amplify their voices and inform more realistic interventions to combat the monster.
A Malian mother waits to have her baby vaccinated. Though access to health care has improved, many people say their governments must do more.
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There are days when you just want to think about buttercups and Jamie Vardy.
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?
Bribe or tip?
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Companies complain that the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act creates an uneven playing field when doing business abroad in places corruption flourishes. Are they right?
The wisdom of crowds? An anti-corruption rally in India.
Ishan Khosla
The high cost of organisational fraud in both private and public sectors in Australia continues to haunt organisations, particularly fraud committed by “trusted” employees. Cases prosecuted this month…
GlakoSmithKline (GSK) is currenlty feeling the heat from the allegations of foreign corruption that have erupted in China, Poland, Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon and the company is scrambling to restore…
“A public servant who accepts bribes is akin to a traitor,” Judge David Rozen read as he sentenced Ehud Olmert, Israel’s ex-prime minister, to six years in prison for corruption. But in real democracies…
Big pharma: a world of many faces.
Greg Peverill-Conti
With billions to be made on the back of ill health and notable scandals and cover-ups in its history, it’s fair to say that many see the public face of the pharmaceutical industry as a mask for darker…
If it’s common practice to pay bribes for contracts, is it alright? Not quite.
Sigurd Rage
You’d have thought corporate executives in a post-GFC world would have learnt, the hard way, the relevance of ethical behaviour. So it may come as a surprise that in a recent survey by Ernst & Young…
Medical device manufacturers sometimes engage in unconscionable behaviour to secure sales to private hospitals.
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Australian public interest regulators usually have a very imperfect picture of how much anti-competitive or fraudulent activity is occurring in areas such as health care. But there’s a better approach…