The third post in our series on codes of conduct examines different legal traditions, and the impact these have on countries implementing a code of conduct. What do the Bangladeshi and US legal systems have in common, as compared to those of France and Germany? Read on to find out. You can also read the [...]
Kosovo: Open Letter to the Justice Minister
For more than a year, ten Kosovar NGOs, among them Kosova Democratic Institute, Transparency International’s ...
Desde las montanas de Cusco, una llamada a la transparencia
Lo siguiente ha sido redactado por Alice Harrison, Coordinadora de Comunicaciones e Incidencia y Leah Good, Asistente del Programa de Gobernanza del Cambio Climático de Transparency International. Editado por Magaly Ávila y Samuel Rotta. Traducido por María José Harrisson. Read this blog post in English here. La parcela verduzca de la familia Huilca resalta por [...]
The ugly face of Latvia’s landmarks
If you have ever been to Riga you might have noticed impressive or beautiful squares and buildings. However, aesthetics are only part of the story that makes the history of a building or a place. Riga has numerous landmarks, several of which represent Riga in the popular imagination, which we suspect had irregularities in their [...]
Codes of conduct: benefits and challenges
What are the benefits of a code of conduct? Ensuring better conduct by public officials is integral to building greater integrity. This is the logic behind having a code of conduct. This post is part of our series on codes of conduct. To read the first post in the series, click here. Also, be sure [...]
Why doesn’t Germany support detailed transparency for the oil, mining industries?
***Update*** The US American government has recently sent a letter to the German government pushing them to support the publication of payments on a project by project and not just a country by country basis. An old industrial dynasty from the German Ruhr region might play a role in blasting the envisaged transparency regulations for [...]
Where do Multinational Corporations go on their holidays?
…and how much money do they spend when they get there? Despite their global reach, Transparency International’s recent Transparency in Corporate Reporting report – which assesses 105 multinational companies’ anti-corruption reporting – shows that these companies reveal very little information about their financial and non-financial contribution to the countries in which they operate. The European [...]
En la búsqueda del próximo líder de Venezuela
Escrito por Alejandro Salas, Director Regional para las Américas y Natalie Baharav, Coordinadora de Comunicaciones de Transparency International. Read this blog post in English here. El próximo 7 de octubre Venezuela elegirá a su líder para los próximos 6 años. El principal contrincante de Hugo Chávez es Henrique Capriles, candidato de la oposición y gobernador [...]
In the quest for Venezuela’s next leader
The following was written by Alejandro Salas, Transparency International’s Regional Director for the Americas, and Natalie Baharav, Communications Officer at Transparency International. Lea este artículo en español aquí. Presidential elections will take place in Venezuela on 7 October determining who will lead the country for the next six years. Hugo Chavez’ main challenger to the [...]
In wake of scandal, will South Korean politicians pledge a new start?
Corruption is high on the South Korean agenda right now. Last week police said they were investigating a large-scale corruption case involving 30 government bodies. Two weeks ago the brother of South Korea’s president, himself a senior politician, was charged with accepting $525,000 in bribes from two struggling savings banks. We, Transparency International South Korea, [...]
A new era of integrity for France?
Only about two weeks after Nicolas Sarkozy lost his presidential immunity, police searched his home and office to look for evidence to support allegations of illicit political financing, in the context of the famous “Bettencourt case”, one of the many “affaires” to shake French political life. What matters is not the few instances of misconduct [...]
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Codes of conduct and the legal system: ideas and implications
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Kosovo: Open Letter to the Justice Minister
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G20 must address financial integrity as corruption surges through major banking
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Desde las montanas de Cusco, una llamada a la transparencia
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A call for transparency from the foothills of the Andes
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Taking the temperature: Corruption Perceptions Index 2010
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Corruption Perceptions Index 2009: What does a number mean to you?
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Your country, your say
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What makes New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and others “cleaner” than most countries?
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Securing sustainable development outcomes through good governance and transparency
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