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Are UK organisations merely paying lip service to whistleblowing?

26 November 2013 in Accountability, Civil society, Europe and Central Asia, Measurement and Research, Politics and government, Private sector, Whistleblowing

This year whistleblowing has been the media’s darling, dominating headlines around the world. Secretive governments, irresponsible banks, crooked businesses and unsafe healthcare have come under the spotlight thanks to workers finding the courage to speak up about wrongdoing. Public inquiries into scandals have recommended better whistleblowing arrangements as a means to combat corruption and abuse. In […]

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Malawi: tackling corruption for a development dividend

22 November 2013 in Accountability, Africa and Middle East, Aid, Cost of Corruption, Education, Health, Politics and government, Poverty and development

Malawi is facing a crisis of confidence. Aid donors, whose contributions make up 40 per cent of the government’s budget, have stopped signing cheques following a corruption scandal that has skimmed off US$250 million that was supposed to be used to help the poor. Not surprisingly, many people are asking what went wrong. What they […]

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Youth photo winner: corruption, toxic waste and the power of photography

21 November 2013 in Accountability, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, Europe and Central Asia, Events, People power, Poverty and development, Water, Young people

Just one image can tell a story, says Sony Ramany, winner of our 20th anniversary youth photo competition – and these stories have the power to spark real change. “We need to show images of suffering and hardships,” he says, “so that people can see the truth”. A photographer from one of Bangladesh’s leading English-language newspapers, […]

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Youth writing winner: the battle against corruption starts from within

21 November 2013 in Africa and Middle East, Education, Events, People power, Young people

If young people want to see change in the world, they have to realise the battle against corruption starts with them – they must resolve to do the right thing. This is the message from Nigeria’s Ugoh Wilson Emenike, 23, the winner of our 20th anniversary youth writing competition. Emenike’s essay is a semi-fictional account of […]

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Elections in Honduras: is public security a priority for presidential candidates?

20 November 2013 in Accountability, Americas, Civil society, Defence and Security, Human rights, Impunity, Politics and government, Poverty and development

Honduras is one of the most insecure countries in the world with the highest murder rate per capita. According to the Observatory of Violence (Observatorio de la Violencia), 85.5 people per 100,000 were murdered in Honduras in 2012 – almost 20 per day. This high level of violence occurs in a country in which half […]

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Getting rich, paying the price: corruption in Brazil

14 November 2013 in Accountability, Americas, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, Impunity, Politics and government, Private sector

On 13 November, after eight years, the Brazilian Supreme Court ordered the arrest of senior politicians convicted in the one of Brazil’s biggest corruption scandals, known as the Mensalão. Although this will not end the process – the defendants will have a new trial in 2014 – it is a step forward in changing the […]

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How whistleblowing on surveillance can reform the system

14 November 2013 in Americas, Defence and Security, People power, Politics and government, Technology, Whistleblowing

The Edward Snowden case is not the first in which the exposure of surveillance activities by the United States government led to a public debate about questions of security and privacy. In 1970, former US Army intelligence officers Christopher Pyle and Ralph Stein disclosed how the army was investigating the political activities of American citizens […]

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Hungary’s whistleblower law offers no real protection

12 November 2013 in Civil society, Europe and Central Asia, European Union, Politics and government, Private sector, Whistleblowing

Since a new government came to power in 2010, Hungary has witnessed the emergence of new patterns and forms of corruption. The symbiotic relationship between the government and powerful business groups has deepened. Many oversight institutions have become less independent. Government decision-making lacks transparency, as private interests have captured the legislative process. As a result, […]

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Whistleblowers: regulators of last resort

6 November 2013 in Accountability, Americas, Europe and Central Asia, European Union, Financial Markets, People power, Politics and government, Whistleblowing

Over the past half-century, national governments have developed complex regulatory structures to oversee public health, banking, utilities, food safety, communications, transportation and other industries. By the 1980s, however, the United States and United Kingdom began pushing the policy pendulum in the other direction – deregulating industries sector by sector. Through international organisations, governments around the […]

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Leaks, press freedom and state surveillance: is this our fight?

5 November 2013 in Accountability, Civil society, Defence and Security, Europe and Central Asia, Politics and government, Technology, Whistleblowing

Ever since the Wikileaks debate came to the fore, I have been wondering to what extent we, as Transparency International, should be taking a stand on the issue of Wikileaks, and what that stand should be. On the one hand we stand for transparency, principally because we are an anti-corruption organisation and transparency is one […]

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