Tag Archives | Corruption Perceptions Index 2012

Kenya: performing arts pass anti-corruption message

By on 18 December 2012 in Africa and Middle East, Anti-corruption movement, People power, Politics and government

This year, Anti-Corruption day (9th December) fell on a Sunday. Sunday is an incredibly awkward day for any kind of commemoration in Kenya because many Kenyans consider Sunday a day of worship and rest. With this in mind Transparency International Kenya adjusted the commemoration to five day anti-corruption caravans in three regions of the country [...]

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Is the G20 serious about fighting corruption?

By on 12 December 2012 in Financial Markets, G20, Politics and government, Private sector

In the past weeks we have witnessed a great deal of news surrounding issues of transparency and accountability of multinational companies. In the UK, several international corporations including Starbucks, Google, and Amazon, have been questioned in Parliament over the little corporation tax they pay despite their large UK accounts. Tax evasion is facilitated by the [...]

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Corruption and the fate of the people who make your clothes

By on 7 December 2012 in Asia Pacific, Measurement and Research, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Private sector

Let the buyer beware: cheap clothing sometimes comes at a high price. Since the fire that killed 112 clothing workers in a Bangladesh factory last month,  the big global retailers supplied by the factory are being asked what they do to make sure the products we buy come from safe factories? How much is corruption [...]

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Bulgaria closes door on election monitors

By on 6 December 2012 in Anti-corruption Conventions, Europe and Central Asia, Politics and government

Last week hundreds of Bulgarians protested in front of the Parliament, with some of them throwing tomatoes at the building of the legislature and calling for the end of corruption and “political hypocrisy”.  Reuters and the Financial Times quickly asked if this was a “tomato revolution against corruption”: “Nikolay Kolev, better known as ‘Bosiya’ (Barefoot), [...]

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