Deborah Hardoon

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Deborah Hardoon is Senior Research Coordinator at Transparency International.
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The power of journalism as an anti-corruption tool

By on 31 October 2012 in Measurement and Research, Private sector

From 7-10 November 2012, more than 1,000 people from around the world will gather in Brasilia for the 15th International Anti-Corruption Conference. Brazil is a particularly interesting setting for the conference. Whilst discussing and debating some of the most pertinent corruption problems and solutions, one of Brazil’s biggest corruption cases in history – the Mensalão [...]

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Why do business people doubt their companies’ anti-corruption policies?

By on 10 October 2012 in Private sector

Last week we released data which found that just over half of the business people we surveyed said that their company has an anti-corruption policy in place. Whilst there is clearly much room for improvement on this result, it is nevertheless encouraging to see that many businesses around the world recognise the importance of the [...]

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Barriers to preventing corruption: what do businesspeople say?

By on 18 September 2012 in Accountability, Politics and government, Private sector

Last week, on 12 September, three former Hewlett-Packard managers were charged in a corruption investigation over improper payments aimed at winning a 35 million euro (US$45 million) computer sales contract in Russia some nine years ago. The former German Hewlett-Packard subsidiary has been charged with bribery, breach of trust and aiding in tax evasion. But [...]

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Bribery is bad for business

By on 6 September 2012 in Africa and Middle East, Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Private sector

We ask businesspeople where they lose out to competitors’ corruption. One of the biggest corruption stories in the world this year was the allegation that Walmart paid bribes totalling US$24 million in its Mexican operations. It makes you wonder how many other companies lost out because of those bribes. A new survey gives us some [...]

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Corruption Perceptions Index 2011: What’s in a number?

By on 1 December 2011 in Measurement and Research

Deborah Hardoon, Transparency International’s Senior Research Coordinator, explains how the Corruption Perceptions Index measures corruption and how this can be an incentive for tackling it. Since 1995, the Corruption Perceptions Index has scored and ranked countries from all around the world according to perceptions of the extent of corruption in the public sector. The simplicity [...]

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Bribe Payers Index 2011: When trade is anything but free.

By on 2 November 2011 in Measurement and Research, Private sector

As the G20 prepare to meet in Cannes, Transparency International’s new report serves as a timely reminder of some unwarranted consequences of trade and investment and the need for a global effort to stop corruption in all its forms. Deborah Hardoon, Senior Research Coordinator, discusses the global impact of the countries ranked in the 2011 [...]

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Who’s responsible for Corporate Social Responsibility?

By on 25 May 2011 in Anti-corruption Conventions, Private sector

TI released its progress report on the OECD Anti-Bribery convention this week. Meanwhile, a new survey says that almost 1 in 5 company employees consider it acceptable to pay bribes to win or retain business. Deborah Hardoon, Senior Research Coordinator  at TI, considers business responsibility. Milton Friedman’s view that a company’s only social responsibility is [...]

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