The Emergence of a Global Anti-corruption Norm

A Short History of the Sociology of Corruption: the Demise of Counter-Intuitivity and the Rise of Numerical Comparisons

“…Without going into conceptual details, many political scientists regard the emergence of the global anticorruption movement or Bregime^as an unintended side effect of economic liberalization and globalization of trade calling for a Blevel playing field^in international law (e.g. Elliott 1997;Krasner 1986;McCoy and Heckel 2001;Moroff 2010;Wolf and SchmidtPfister 2010). Other arguments highlight the end of the Cold War and democratization, which made many overtly corrupt governments strategically useless and politically vulnerable (Wedel 2012: 460 ff.…”

HOW TO COMBAT CORRUPTION — A CIVIL SERVANTS´ VIEW

“…The consequences are that corruption harms democracy, impedes social fairness, diminishes trust and lower АДМИНИСТРАТИВНОЕ ПРАВО, ФИНАНСОВОЕ ПРАВО, ИНФОРМАЦИОННОЕ ПРАВО economic growth (Fisman & Svensson, 2005;Holmes 2006;Liu & Mikesell, 2014;Serritzlew et al 2012). To address the issue international organizations have recommended strengthening the institutional framework for anti-corruption policies (Lambsdorff 2007;Mccoy and Heckel 2001). In response a number of Central and East European countries the turn of the millennium overhauled legislation, requested personal information from bureaucrats and politicians to detect wrongdoing, and conducted anti-corruption campaigns 2011a and b).…”

Transnational Business Governance and the Management of Natural Resources

“…iv Two years later, member states negotiated the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, which some heralded as the impetus to changes in attitudes towards corruption worldwide. (Brown and Cloke 2004;McCoy 2001;George, Lacey, and Birmele 2000) By the middle of the decade, the norms about corruption had changed in significant ways.…”