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Transparency International’s Global Corruption Report 2009 documents in unique detail the many corruption risks for businesses, ranging from small entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa to multinationals from Europe and North America. More than 75 experts examine the scale, scope and devastating consequences of a wide range of corruption issues, including bribery and policy capture, corporate fraud, cartels, corruption in supply chains and transnational transactions, emerging challenges for carbon trading markets, sovereign wealth funds and growing economic centres, such as Brazil, China and India.\n\nThe Global Corruption Report 2009 also discusses the most promising tools to tackle corruption in business, identifies pressing areas for reform and outlines how companies, governments, investors, consumers and other stakeholders can contribute to raising corporate integrity and meeting the challenges that corruption poses to sustainable economic growth and development.\n\nThis chapter by Gretta Fenner appears in the section \"Corruption and the private sector – Towards a comprehensive business integrity system\", pp. 138-145.","Fenner, G. (2009). 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This short conference report presents main insights, quotes as well as infographics and graphic recordings from the two-day event, which welcomed around 200 people from around the world and across all sectors.\n\nA key theme of this year’s conference was the importance of building local, regional and international communities of practice. These communities bring together different constellations of people and organisations interested in the Collective Action approach to improve skills, develop joint solutions and advance knowledge about how to make initiatives effective in different contexts. \n\nFive panel discussions, three interactive breakout sessions and multiple networking opportunities, including an exhibition, offered many occasions for sharing experiences and best practices in anti-corruption Collective Action and breaking down silos.\n\n### About this report and acknowledgements\n\nThe Basel Institute on Governance thanks the Siemens Integrity Initiative for supporting and providing funding for the conference’s 5th edition, as well as all speakers and breakout session facilitating organisations. The full list of presenters and sessions can be found on conference pages of the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcollective-action.com\u002Fget-involved\u002Fevents\u002Ficac-2024\u002Fagenda\">B20 Collective Action Hub\u003C\u002Fa>.\n\nGraphic recording illustrations: Tetyana Kalyuzhna, Basel Institute on Governance.\nPhoto and video credit: David Borter, LEO MEDIA GmbH \u002F BBM PRODUCTIONS AG.\n\nThe report is free to share or republish under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International licence (\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-nc-nd\u002F4.0\u002Fdeed.en\">CC BY-NC-ND 4.0\u003C\u002Fa>). 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corruption in Indonesia’s energy transition",2936,2026,"This U4 Issue analyses Indonesia's ambitious energy transition and highlights how political finance, weak regulations and a \"revolving door\" of personnel between public office and the private sector create vulnerabilities. The publication was produced by U4 and the Basel Institute on Governance through its Green Corruption programme.\n\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002F2026-02\u002FAddressing-conflicts-of-interest-and-corruption-in-indonesia-s-energy-transition_U4-Issue.pdf\">Download publication here\u003C\u002Fa>.\n\n### About the paper\n\nConflicts of interest and corruption in Indonesia's political economy pose significant risks to its energy transition, including the Just Energy Transition Partnership. Existing legal and institutional frameworks are fragmented, inconsistently applied, and often fail to address the risk of state capture by powerful political and 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the strong links between political power, private wealth (especially from extractive industries) and public office holders.\n- Existing anti-corruption regulations are often vague, fragmented across different legal instruments, and suffer from inconsistent enforcement, which creates loopholes susceptible to manipulation.\n- Progress in renewable energy uptake is slowed by the enduring influence and interests of fossil fuel incumbents who benefit from subsidies that keep coal an artificially cheap and viable energy source.\n- The Just Energy Transition Partnership is vulnerable to misallocations due to concentrated decision-making power, limited transparency in project selection and insufficient involvement of national anti-corruption bodies and civil society in its planning.\n- Improving transparency of beneficial ownership and strengthening the monitoring and sanctioning of conflict of interest violations are possible pathways to build greater anti-corruption resilience, though these 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La lutte contre ce fléau est un effort collectif et le secteur privé a un rôle majeur à jouer dans la promotion d'un environnement économique prospère et d’un développement durable du continent.\n\nC'est pourquoi l'Action Collective  contre la corruption a tant à offrir à l'Afrique, et en particulier aux États côtiers d'Afrique de l'Ouest désireux de maximiser leur potentiel économique. Le spectre des initiatives d'Action Collective étant assez large, il permet des mesures innovantes où gouvernements, entreprises et organisations de la société civile (OSC) unissent leurs forces, malgré des intérêts parfois divergents. Cette approche collaborative constitue à la fois un terrain fertile pour un dialogue constructif, et une occasion de mieux comprendre les réalités du secteur privé. \n\nLes OSC ont également un rôle important à jouer dans la promotion de l’Action Collective en Afrique de l'Ouest. Elles doivent continuer à initier, faciliter et s'engager dans des initiatives d'Action Collective pour aider à sensibiliser et construire des ponts entre différentes parties prenantes. Leur présence apporte souvent transparence et crédibilité aux initiatives.\nLes résultats présentés dans ce Policy Brief sont issus d’échanges avec des OSC basées au Bénin (Social Watch Bénin), au Ghana (Ghana Integrity Initiative), en Côte d'Ivoire (Le Réseau des jeunes leaders pour l’intégrité) et au Togo (L’Alliance nationale des consommateurs et de l’environnement). Il vise à relater les défis et les opportunités que représente l'Action Collective dans la région. \n\nMalgré les différents contextes dans lesquels elles opèrent, ces organisations sont unies sur un point : lutter collectivement contre la corruption en faisant entendre la voix du secteur privé – élément crucial pour une croissance économique durable. \n\n### About this Policy Brief\n\nCette publication fait partie de la série des *Policy Briefs* du Basel Institute on Governance, ISSN 2624-9669. Elle est publiée sous licence *Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International* (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).\n\nCitation suggérée : Young, L. 2022. « Corruption dans les États côtiers d'Afrique de l'Ouest : comment l'Action Collective peut aider ». Policy Brief 11, *Basel Institute on Governance*. Disponible sur : baselgovernance.org\u002Fpb11.\n\nLe *Policy Brief* est publié par l'équipe Secteur privé du Basel Institute on Governance. Il s'inscrit dans le cadre des efforts continus de l'équipe pour développer et promouvoir l'Action Collective anti-corruption, avec le soutien de la Siemens Integrity Initiative. 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They also provide data in special reports of the Basel AML Index.\n\n### About this Quick Guide\n\nThis work is licensed under a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-nc-nd\u002F4.0\u002F\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License\u003C\u002Fa>. It is part of the Basel Institute on Governance Quick Guide series, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.baselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications?type=2428\">ISSN 2673-5229\u003C\u002Fa>.",[321,322],"Anti-Money Laundering","Asset Recovery",[324],"Quick Guide","2022-06-16","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Ff9f605aa-1d2d-42eb-b4cd-b0a30afa87e4?width=600&height=840",[328],{"url":329,"caption":330},"\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications?type=Quick%20Guide"," View all Quick Guides",[332],{"url":333,"caption":334},"https:\u002F\u002Flearn.baselgovernance.org\u002Fcourse\u002Fview.php?id=133"," View on Basel LEARN",[336],{"authors_id":337},{"id":338,"name":339},301,"Kateryna Boguslavska",[],[342,344,348],{"tags_id":343},{"id":95,"name":96},{"tags_id":345},{"id":346,"name":347},859,"Corruption risks",{"tags_id":349},{"id":110,"name":111},[351],2238,[321,353],"Asset Recovery and Enforcement",[15],"2022-06-16T13:29:18.000Z","2026-06-02T14:08:59.000Z","\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fquick-guide-26-national-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing-risk-assessments",{"id":359,"slug":360,"title":361,"status":6,"nid":362,"year":363,"body":364,"external":19,"topic":365,"language":15,"type":367,"date_published":368,"image":369,"citation":165,"publisher":166,"link_internal":370,"link_external":377,"authors":378,"countries":399,"tags":408,"pdf":419,"topics":421,"featured":19,"languages":423,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":47,"date_created":424,"user_updated":48,"date_updated":425,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"link":426},1773,"policy-brief-8-it-takes-network-defeat-network-what-collective-action-practitioners","Policy Brief 8: It takes a network to defeat a network – What Collective Action practitioners can learn from research into corrupt networks",2148,2021,"This Policy Brief distils recommendations for \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcollective-action\">Collective Action\u003C\u002Fa> practitioners based on empirical insights on certain forms of corruption involving private-sector actors.\n\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Finformal-networks-investment-east-africa\">Field research carried out in Tanzania and Uganda\u003C\u002Fa> produced detailed case studies that show how informal networks link private and public sector actors to pursue common illicit goals, such as gaining an unfair business advantage, avoiding a sanction, decreasing taxes owed or jumping the queue at the point of delivery of public services. Corruption, most often bribery, is the currency that works to cement and nurture those networks.\n\nThis Policy Brief is based on that research and a series of in-depth interviews with Collective Action practitioners working in Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America. The goal is to extract insights from what we have learned about the networks that fuel corruption and discuss implications for anti-corruption Collective Action initiatives. \n\n## About this Policy Brief\n\nThis publication is part of the Basel Institute on Governance Policy Brief series, ISSN 2624-9669.\n\nIt is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Suggested citation: Baez Camargo, C., Costa, Hans,V., J., Koechlin, L. and Wannenwetsch, S. (2021) *It takes a network to defeat a network: What Collective Action practitioners can learn from research into corrupt networks*. Policy Brief 8, Basel Institute on Governance.\n\nThe research underpinning this Policy Brief was funded by the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Face.globalintegrity.org\u002F\">Global Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence Programm\u003C\u002Fa>e, funded with UK Aid from the British people.",[159,366],"Public Governance",[269],"2021-12-14","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Fe139b149-ae15-42eb-a076-1dccd23e562f?width=600&height=840",[371,374],{"url":372,"caption":373},"\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Finformal-networks-investment-east-africa"," View Tanzania\u002FUganda research paper: Informal networks as investment in East Africa",{"url":375,"caption":376},"https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fb20-collective-action-hub"," See the B20 Collective Action Hub for more information about anti-corruption Collective Action",[],[379,383,387,391,395],{"authors_id":380},{"id":381,"name":382},295,"Claudia Baez Camargo",{"authors_id":384},{"id":385,"name":386},304,"Jacopo Costa",{"authors_id":388},{"id":389,"name":390},298,"Vanessa Hans",{"authors_id":392},{"id":393,"name":394},359,"Lucy Koechlin",{"authors_id":396},{"id":397,"name":398},293,"Scarlet Wannenwetsch",[400,404],{"countries_id":401},{"id":402,"name":403},224,"Tanzania",{"countries_id":405},{"id":406,"name":407},226,"Uganda",[409,413,415,417],{"tags_id":410},{"id":411,"name":412},1309,"Informality",{"tags_id":414},{"id":65,"name":66},{"tags_id":416},{"id":80,"name":81},{"tags_id":418},{"id":177,"name":159},[420],1793,[159,422],"Corruption Prevention and Public Governance",[15],"2022-04-27T11:53:25.000Z","2026-06-02T14:09:06.000Z","\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fpolicy-brief-8-it-takes-network-defeat-network-what-collective-action-practitioners",{"id":428,"slug":429,"title":430,"status":6,"nid":431,"year":432,"body":433,"external":19,"topic":434,"language":15,"type":435,"date_published":436,"image":437,"citation":165,"publisher":166,"link_internal":438,"link_external":440,"authors":441,"countries":448,"tags":449,"pdf":462,"topics":464,"featured":19,"languages":7,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":47,"date_created":465,"user_updated":48,"date_updated":466,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"link":467},2395,"quick-guide-39-business-integrity-and-ethics","Quick Guide 39: Business integrity and ethics",2785,2025,"The changing landscape of anti-corruption regulation and enforcement has triggered important discussions around the role of ethics and compliance in business strategies and in the economy as a whole. It has also given impetus to the narrative that anti-corruption compliance programmes are inevitably costly, potentially ineffective and bureaucratic. \n\nThis ignores many of the positive advances in compliance that have been made in recent years, as well as the growing body of evidence supporting the business case for compliance.\n\nThis Quick Guide covers five broad areas in which mature and well-constructed ethics and compliance systems can benefit businesses even in the face of an uncertain regulatory and enforcement framework. It is based on a roundtable convened by the Basel Institute on Governance and bilateral discussions with key figures in the business and anti-corruption community.\n\n### About this Quick Guide\n\nYou are free to share and republish this work under a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-nc-nd\u002F4.0\u002F\">Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Licence\u003C\u002Fa>. It is part of the Basel Institute on Governance Quick Guide series, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.baselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications?type=2428\">ISSN 2673-5229\u003C\u002Fa>.",[159,160],[324],"2025-03-25","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F9a75cbfc-a56c-4739-b683-d2122f94d9bc?width=600&height=840",[439],{"url":329,"caption":330},[],[442,444],{"authors_id":443},{"id":389,"name":390},{"authors_id":445},{"id":446,"name":447},296,"Monica Guy",[],[450,452,456,460],{"tags_id":451},{"id":65,"name":66},{"tags_id":453},{"id":454,"name":455},1274,"Ethics",{"tags_id":457},{"id":458,"name":459},1380,"Sustainability",{"tags_id":461},{"id":346,"name":347},[463],2436,[159,160,25],"2025-03-25T17:05:22.000Z","2026-06-02T14:08:52.000Z","\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fquick-guide-39-business-integrity-and-ethics",{"id":469,"slug":470,"title":471,"status":6,"nid":472,"year":194,"body":473,"external":19,"topic":7,"language":7,"type":474,"date_published":475,"image":476,"citation":7,"publisher":7,"link_internal":477,"link_external":478,"authors":482,"countries":495,"tags":500,"pdf":505,"topics":507,"featured":19,"languages":509,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":48,"date_created":510,"user_updated":48,"date_updated":511,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"link":512},2437,"evolution-corruption-and-crimes-kapitan-andreevo-border-checkpoint-impact-eu-accession","The Evolution of Corruption and Crimes at Kapitan Andreevo Border Checkpoint: The Impact of EU Accession",2960,"Published in the _Journal of Illicit Trade, Financial Crime, and Compliance_, this article examines how Bulgaria’s 2007 accession to the European Union transformed illegal activities and corruption at the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint.\n\nWhile the introduction of stricter EU regulations and advanced surveillance technology aimed to secure the border, these measures had the effect of transforming criminal strategies and corruption. The authors detail a shift from blatant smuggling to more sophisticated financial frauds, VAT carousel schemes and the illicit privatisation of public border functions.\n\nThe article highlights that in some cases, it was the bribery schemes that evolved to bypass new standards. In other cases – particularly involving drug trafficking and the smuggling of human beings – it was the criminal strategies that transformed, including advanced concealment methods or new smuggling routes.\n\nThe study also offers a nuanced perspective on the relationship between corruption and criminal activites at border checkpoints: stronger capacity to counter criminal activities could lead to an increase in the risk of corruption, while a more coherent anti corruption framework could trigger criminal activities to evolve. Ultimately, the article argues that anti-crime and anti-corruption policies must account for this evolutionary nature.",[28],"2026-05-01","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F2a662dae-21a7-4e84-971d-1c8a70f4754b?width=600&height=840",[],[479],{"url":480,"caption":481},"https:\u002F\u002Fjitfccjournal.com\u002Findex.php\u002Fjitfcc\u002Farticle\u002Fview\u002F16","View on Journal website",[483,485,487,491],{"authors_id":484},{"id":385,"name":386},{"authors_id":486},{"id":381,"name":382},{"authors_id":488},{"id":489,"name":490},584,"Noémi Jäger",{"authors_id":492},{"id":493,"name":494},303,"Saba Kassa",[496],{"countries_id":497},{"id":498,"name":499},22,"Bulgaria",[501,503],{"tags_id":502},{"id":346,"name":347},{"tags_id":504},{"id":80,"name":81},[506],2492,[508],"Prevention Research and Innovation",[15],"2026-06-01T22:10:25.000Z","2026-06-01T22:34:25.000Z","\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fevolution-corruption-and-crimes-kapitan-andreevo-border-checkpoint-impact-eu-accession",{"id":514,"slug":515,"title":516,"status":6,"nid":517,"year":194,"body":518,"external":19,"topic":519,"language":15,"type":522,"date_published":523,"image":524,"citation":525,"publisher":526,"link_internal":527,"link_external":528,"authors":535,"countries":544,"tags":549,"pdf":556,"topics":557,"featured":19,"languages":7,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":47,"date_created":558,"user_updated":559,"date_updated":560,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"link":561},2435,"conceptualizing-evolution-corruption-empirical-analysis-italy","Conceptualizing the evolution of corruption: an empirical analysis from Italy",2911,"In a new peer-reviewed journal article, Jacopo Costa and Claudia Baez Camargo look into why and how corruption evolves over time, drawing on an empirical analysis from Italy. The article was published in *Trends in Organized Crime*.\n\n### Abstract\n\nCorruption evolves over time. This paper investigates why and how this evolution happens. The analysis has employed a combination of qualitative network and document analysis to explore the configuration of corruption in two moments in Italy and the changes that have happened in between them.\n\nThe findings have disclosed that a higher efficiency of the activities of the criminal-justice chain, the transformation of the critical actors and the reform of legal frameworks and governance systems have been critical in determining the evolution of corruption.\n\nThe added value of the research lies in its ability to examine these transformative mechanisms within a conceptual framework that keeps together the fact that corruption is networked and that networks evolve over time.\n",[520,521],"Prevention","Research and Innovation",[28],"2026-02-03","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F8fdd73a7-79ec-4940-aa53-01a9f94922f2?width=600&height=840","Costa, J., Baez Camargo, C. Conceptualizing the evolution of corruption: an empirical analysis from Italy. *Trends Organ Crim* (2026). \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fs12117-025-09586-0\">https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fs12117-025-09586-0\u003C\u002Fa>","Springer Nature (Trends in Organized Crime)",[],[529,532],{"url":530,"caption":531},"https:\u002F\u002Frdcu.be\u002Fe1Z0q","Access full-text view-only version",{"url":533,"caption":534},"https:\u002F\u002Flink.springer.com\u002Farticle\u002F10.1007\u002Fs12117-025-09586-0"," View on publisher website",[536,540],{"authors_id":537},{"id":538,"name":539},550,"Dr Jacopo Costa",{"authors_id":541},{"id":542,"name":543},572,"Dr Claudia Baez Camargo",[545],{"countries_id":546},{"id":547,"name":548},108,"Italy",[550,552],{"tags_id":551},{"id":80,"name":81},{"tags_id":553},{"id":554,"name":555},967,"Organised crime",[],[508],"2026-02-27T15:11:33.000Z","b0662e2a-864d-4888-a1b7-4342b7570b30","2026-05-31T23:16:17.000Z","\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fconceptualizing-evolution-corruption-empirical-analysis-italy",{"id":563,"slug":564,"title":565,"status":6,"nid":566,"year":432,"body":567,"external":19,"topic":568,"language":15,"type":569,"date_published":570,"image":571,"citation":165,"publisher":572,"link_internal":573,"link_external":574,"authors":578,"countries":583,"tags":588,"pdf":599,"topics":600,"featured":19,"languages":7,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":47,"date_created":601,"user_updated":48,"date_updated":602,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"link":603},2424,"back-action-how-uk-reviving-unexplained-wealth-orders-academy-bulletin","Back in Action: How the UK is reviving unexplained wealth orders (The Academy Bulletin)",2864,"In an article published in the Fall 2025 issue of the Bulletin of the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffinancialcrimelitigators.org\u002F\">International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators\u003C\u002Fa>, Andrew Dornbierer explores the revival of unexplained wealth orders (UWOs) in the United Kingdom.\n\nIntroduced in 2017 as a tool to combat the abuse of UK's markets to launder criminal proceeds, the UWO mechanism suffered a severe setback in 2020. After only a handful of attempts to use it, a decision by the High Court effectively left it sprawled on the canvas.\n\nIn the last year or so, however, the mechanism has slowly started to prove itself. Most recently, the UK's Serious Fraud Office – in its first use of the UK's UWO mechanism – secured GBP 1.1 million from the sale of a property belonging to the ex-wife of a convicted fraudster.\n\nThis article offers a short history of UWOs in the UK. It examines how, after a turbulent start and subsequent amendments to the mechanism, UWOs are now back to being used by UK authorities to tackle illicit financial flows. If applied responsibly, proportionately and in harmony with established legal rights, unexplained wealth orders promise to be a powerful tool in the UK’s fight to recover criminal assets.\n\nThis is the fifth issue of The Academy's Bulletin. It has been established to transmit the work of Academy Fellows, draw attention to matters of importance to the legal community and provide high-level analysis of cutting-edge issues in global financial crime investigations and litigation. The Basel Institute on Governance acts as Secretariat to the Academy.",[322],[28],"2025-11-03","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Fc313d2fa-3e1c-43ab-b40e-3e418d819df1?width=600&height=840","International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators",[],[575],{"url":576,"caption":577},"https:\u002F\u002Fedit.financialcrimelitigators.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Fb401d6c9-b0e4-4ab9-ad1f-948c567c6ab3.pdf","Fall 2025 Bulletin of the International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators",[579],{"authors_id":580},{"id":581,"name":582},306,"Andrew Dornbierer",[584],{"countries_id":585},{"id":586,"name":587},225,"Ukraine",[589,593,595],{"tags_id":590},{"id":591,"name":592},843,"Asset recovery",{"tags_id":594},{"id":95,"name":96},{"tags_id":596},{"id":597,"name":598},821,"Unexplained wealth",[],[353],"2025-11-03T11:05:50.000Z","2026-05-29T22:23:01.000Z","\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fback-action-how-uk-reviving-unexplained-wealth-orders-academy-bulletin",{"id":605,"slug":606,"title":607,"status":6,"nid":608,"year":609,"body":610,"external":19,"topic":611,"language":15,"type":612,"date_published":613,"image":614,"citation":165,"publisher":615,"link_internal":616,"link_external":617,"authors":618,"countries":619,"tags":620,"pdf":623,"topics":625,"featured":19,"languages":626,"summary":7,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"pdf_text":7,"sort":7,"user_created":47,"date_created":627,"user_updated":48,"date_updated":628,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"link":629},2259,"compliance-progress-sensemaking-perspective-governance-corruption","From Compliance to Progress: A Sensemaking Perspective on the Governance of Corruption",2344,2023,"The authors of this academic paper discuss how attitudes to preventing and tackling corruption are different between cultures, and have also changed over time within them, focusing on the East (Asia) and the West (Western Europe & North America). This is particularly important for multi-national companies to consider when developing compliance programmes. \n\nThey look at two challenges organisations face in implementing anti-corruption policies: policy-practice decoupling, which is the difference between what a formal policy says should happen and what actually happens, and means-end de-coupling, which is when the implementation of a policy does not lead to its envisaged goals. \n\nThey argue that ever-evolving cultural beliefs, judgements and practices are key to determining how people interpret and act in the governance of corruption, but that \"ongoing interactive communication\" can help bring people together to close the de-coupling gaps.\n\nIn other words, acting collectively - either within or between organisations - can be a key way for companies to effectively implement anti-corruption programmes.",[159],[28],"2023-01-24","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Fbe7b463e-1edd-4b0a-a18c-ec57c466d4c2?width=600&height=840","Organization Science",[],[],[],[],[621],{"tags_id":622},{"id":80,"name":81},[624],2301,[159],[15],"2023-01-24T17:04:17.000Z","2026-05-23T20:08:43.000Z","\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fcompliance-progress-sensemaking-perspective-governance-corruption",1780676561048]