recommended readings
general
Catherine Chui, Tackling Corruption: School Education and Public Awareness (ICAC Hong Kong)http://www1.oecd.org/daf/ASIAcom/pdf/Chui_paper.pdf
This paper highlights the approach taken by the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) in tackling corruption through its school education programme. This comprehensive programme has contributed significantly to an increase in public awareness of the importance of anti-corruption in Hong Kong.
Ellie Keen, Fighting Corruption Through Education, (COLPI: 2000) http://www.hrea.org/pubs/keen2000.pdf
This paper looks at education in the community as a whole, and at initiatives in schools that could be used to develop understanding and awareness of corruption among young people. It also suggests possible methods and case studies to be used for anti-corruption education purposes.
Leo Huberts et al, The Ethics of Government and Business: A First Inventory of What is Valued Most (2003)
http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/POLALLG/EGPA/Papers/HubertsKolthoffVandenHeuvel.pdf
In this paper, Huberts, Kolthoff and van den Heuvel provide a definition of concepts such as ethics, integrity, values, morals, norms and corruption. They go on to describe the similarities and differences between organisational ethics in government and business.
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Building Public Trust: Ethics Measures in OECD Countries(OECD: 2000)
This policy brief outlines what the OECD believes are the six components of an effective and comprehensive ethics management policy and suggests policy directions for building trust in public institutions.
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