“In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don’t have the first, the other two will kill you.” The American investor Warren Buffet’s words of advice struck a chord. His words were quoted by another man intimately familiar with the world of business, K.M.Lee, Managing […]
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The tangled corrupt web of human trafficking
Transparency International’s latest working paper tackles human trafficking. Maryse Tremblay, Consultant and Researcher (ENAP, Canada), introduces the issue. In June the New Yorker published a story about Fijian women who had been trafficked to U.S. military camps in Iraq. Those women, among thousands of others, were promised a very lucrative job in Dubai by a […]
Climate change and corruption in Bangladesh
By Rezwan-ul-Alam, Director Outreach & Communication, Transparency International Bangladesh. A month ago, Transparency International’s ‘Global Corruption Report Climate Change’ was released in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Since then, Transparency International Bangladesh has been working at both local and international level to keep up the pressure. It was fitting to launch the report from Bangladesh as the country […]
Anti-corruption Day 2010: Talking about corruption is talking about our lives!
Today is Anti-Corruption Day, created in 2003 by the United Nations to raise awareness of corruption and of the role of the UN Convention against Corruption in combating and preventing it. But when we refer to corruption, what do we talk about? What does it mean for people’s lives? Looking at it closely, we don’t […]
Join the International Anti-Corruption Conference
Just to highlight again that the anti-corruption movement is gathering in Bangkok for the 14th International Anti-Corruption Conference until 13 November! Join discussions online, through the livestream, and through social media supported by our group of amazing Young Journalists. Tweet #14iacc, blog and see the pictures at https://14iacc.org/social Or meet you up in person at […]
Blog, tweet and film the 14th IACC
Are you a journalist or a professional blogger? Are you young – and we actually have a broad definition of young here? Are you working in an Asian country? Then it would be great to have you join me to form a small team of journalists and bloggers that will cover the 14th International Anti-Corruption […]
The floods affecting millions
Monsoon rains in Pakistan have caused devastating floods that have “killed more than 1,600 people, forcing 2 million from their homes and disrupting the lives of about 14 million people, or 8% of the population,” reports the Guardian. According to The Times, “most flood victims…say they were given no warnings and no assistance by the […]
A side effect of corruption in Bangladesh
Since my last post on TI India’s poverty and corruption event , I’ve had the chance to sit down with Iftekhar Zaman, TI Bangladesh’s Executive Director, to hear about how corruption in his country can put such basic public services, as education and health, out of reach for many people.
Truth shall prevail: confronting poverty and corruption
To set the stage for Transparency International’s (TI) Asia Pacific regional conference in Delhi, TI India held an event on poverty and corruption with regional experts from government, business and civil society. Participants met under the banner “Confronting the poverty and corruption nexus,” to discuss how approaches such as ethical leadership, joint responsibility and citizen […]
Investigative journalism: a Sri Lankan story
This week Transparency International (TI) representatives from more than 20 Asia and Pacific countries are in Delhi, India, for in-depth discussions and strategising on priority issues facing the region. On World Press Freedom day, I caught up with Rukshana Nanayakkara, Deputy Executive Director of TI Sri Lanka, to hear about the great work they have been […]
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