130715, FT, Sofia, Bulgaria’s protest against corrruption July 15, 2013 11:05 am By Theodor Troev in Sofia and Neil Buckley in London ©AFP They come every morning at about 8am, knots of demonstrators outside Bulgaria’s parliament building, for a “protest coffee” as parliamentarians arrive for work. Then every evening, after 6pm as Sofia’s offices close, they … Lees meer
Read and forward: Dear Europe, please help Bulgaria. Support the thousands of protesters on the streets of Sofia by taking a stand. https://medium.com/better-humans/d289c6e1392 Update: Please use the #ДАНСwithme hashtag to follow the protests on Twitter. Or read Seven reasons why Bulgarians keep protesting https://medium.com/better-humans/f4becd2138e0
130404, finaal rapport ‘Y’ en de politie © dr Michel van Hulten, lector governance SAXION 1 Op vrijdag 8 februari 2013 ontving ik thuis de tweede man uit de top van de Rijksrecherche. Op afspraak, en niet om alleen maar samen een kopje koffie te drinken. Ik had hem laten weten dat ik als ‘onderzoeker … Lees meer
Go to the English language section of this websit and see the video Inside Malaysia’s Shadow State, a fim by Global Witness. Is this our problem?
The major question for us in the rich countries is: are we not the ones who feed this corruption, we buy the wood, we protect the companies, we make the money. http://www.globalwitness.org/insideshadowstate/index.html WHAT IS THIS FILM ABOUT? This investigation provides undercover footage of the corruption and illegality at the heart of governance in Sarawak, … Lees meer
130205 Tuesday Feb 05 2013 From the FCPA website at 8:22AM Anti-corruption compliance guides released by prosecutors from the United States and Britain discuss the importance of assessing country risk to avoid corporate liability for bribery. Unfortunately, judging country risk is a challenge because no valid quantitative measure of national corruption exists. Organizations like Transparency … Lees meer
In: Civis Mundi #17 vrijdag 08 maart 2013 Dr. Toon Kerkhoff studeerde geschiedenis en filosofie. Hij is universitair docent Bestuurskunde in Leiden en mede oprichter van het Haagse Centre for Public Values & Ethics“. http://campusdenhaag.leiden.edu/publicadministration/research/centre-for-public-values-ethics.html Inleiding Discussies over corruptie en integriteit in Nederland gaan niet zelden gepaard met historische nieuwsgierigheid. Vertonen ‘onze’ bestuurders nu beter … Lees meer
121226, Engl. The ‘new’ CPI by TI, scientifically not defendable, it is fake © Dr. Michel van Hulten, Lelystad, www.corruptie.org [This paper is a more extensive reflection on the CPI-2012 as written in the Dutch-language and placed on this website as my comments about the CPI-2012.] The ‘new’ CPI-2012 by TI: scientifically not defendable, it … Lees meer
door Michel van Hulten, dinsdag 15 januari 2013, in Civis Mundi #16, 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index: Onverantwoord klasseren van ‘corruptheid’ van landen Historie In 1995 verraste het Berlijnse secretariaat van de net opgerichte non-gouvernementele organisatie (NGO) Transparency International (TI) de wereld met een rangordelijst van 41 landen geordend naar de mate van voorkomen van corruptie. Het … Lees meer
Netherlands must significantly step up its foreign bribery enforcement, says OECD The Netherlands is failing to vigorously pursue foreign bribery allegations and must do more to enforce its foreign bribery laws. Fourteen out of 22 foreign bribery allegations have not triggered the opening of an investigation, calling into question the Netherlands’ ability and proactivity in … Lees meer