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Beating Corruption by Building Consensus
Beating Corruption by Building Consensus, Article from IIP Digital -Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State
“Brian Pinkowski started his career by dealing with environmental disasters, but he’s become an expert in governmental ones. It turns out that pollution and corruption have a lot in common.” Read more … Continue reading
The Death of 1,000 Cuts – Administrative Corruption
The word “corruption” conjures up images of back room deals between selfish government officials and opportunistic businesspeople, both looking to enrich themselves at the expense of the people. Certainly, such high-level crimes create poverty, death and outrage.
About Myself – a personal account of war and feminine resolve
War has not made me want to know about science or astrology or the moods and methods of nature, yet I am interested to know those things. But war has made me want to know how to keep people safe and united. Continue reading
How to Incorporate USAID’s Anticorruption Strategy into a Winning Proposal, Part II
In Part I of How to Incorporate USAID’s Anticorruption Strategy into a Winning Proposal, I discussed the first strategic direction called for in the Agency’s Anticorruption Strategy – “Confront the dual challenges of grand and administrative corruption.” The second strategic direction in USAID’s Anticorruption Strategy is to “Deploy Agency Resources Strategically to Fight Corruption.” What does that mean? And how does a contractor do that from outside the Agency? Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-Corruption, Anti-Corruption Expert, anticorruption, Anticorruption Expert, Brian Pinkowski, corruption, USAID
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How to Teach an Ethical Code to Government Officials
GTD releases a motivational and effective nine-step program for those who want to provide a government ethics workshop for government employees. This workshop outline can be used with law enforcement, attorneys, and government executives in any setting. Continue reading
Favoritism Can Be Defeated
“Favoritism is always unacceptable wherever the legitimate interest of others who depend on the success of the firm is involved.” With these words my colleague Howard Whitton comments on my post, How to Win the Fight Against Nepotism. In his … Continue reading
How to Win the Fight Against Nepotism
Is nepotism ever acceptable? Or is it always corruption? Believe it or not, opinions differ as to whether placing family and friends in key positions is corruption. Continue reading
How to Incorporate USAID’s Anticorruption Strategy into a Winning Proposal. Part I
USAID’s Anticorruption Strategy, issued in 2005, describes a practical and truly cross-cutting approach to anticorruption. This Post suggests ways that smart bidders can use this Anticorruption Strategy to produce winning proposals and help the Agency achieve its anticorruption goals.
Revisiting the Definition of “Corruption” Creates Expanded Tools for Addressing the Problem
Fighting corruption involves more than just law enforcement and viewing it as such gives us a much larger range of tools to solve a corruption problem. The problem with limiting what we define as corruption to the “abuse of entrusted authority” definition is that the definition is too small. The result of applying this definition is, accordingly, too small. Continue reading
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Tagged anticorruption, corruption, democracy, governance, USAID
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