Why the traffic officer had no choice but to take the bribe and why you need to know about the Social Norms Accelerator Program
If corruption persists despite legal and institutional reforms, the explanation lies elsewhere. The decision to explore social norms was not theoretical abstraction but an empirical necessity.
A rough terrain for women: the gender dynamics in public procurement
Whether you call it conscious bias or unconscious bias [….] procurement is still male dominated. The leaders are still men, decision-makers are men and procurement officials will find every reason to give a contract to a man, even though there's no objective reason.
Conventional anti-corruption tools often fail to address root causes–– but loss of U.S. leadership could still spell trouble for efforts abroad
For nearly half a century, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has made it illegal for U.S. citizens and companies to bribe foreign officials. Since 1998, that has been the case for foreign companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges or acting in the U.S., too.
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