Jul
2017
Topic Guide on Whistleblowing
Can you provide an overview of the most recent and relevant resources on Whistleblowing?
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Can you provide an overview of the most recent and relevant resources on Whistleblowing?
Oil and gas - What are the key corruption risks in the energy sector in Vietnam, with a focus on international budget aid, including aid from European donors?
Judiciary - Please provide an overview of the literature on procedural reforms in the judiciary aimed at simplifying cases so that corruption risks throughout the judgement are reduced and those accused face justice.
Accountability - What is the relationship between corruption and the support of audit controls? How can auditing controls serve as a tool to cover-up fraud and corruption? What are good practices in using auditing to fight against corruption?
Whistleblowing - Can you provide information on whistleblower reward programmes? Which countries have such reward programmes, and what are the main features? Is there any research showing the effectiveness of such reward systems; that is, are people more likely to blow the whistle if a reward is given or not?
Politics and government - We are looking for best practices regarding the prevention of abuse of public resources for political gain, particularly during election periods.
Politics and government - Can you provide information on countries that have recently passed anti-corruption packages? What are the main areas covered by the packages? How was the package proposed and who proposed it? Was the public consulted on the content of the package? Was there public support or pressure to approve it? ...
Politics and government - What recent examples are there of success stories at country level from international work on anti-money laundering and asset tracing/recovery and support for financial intelligence units? What are the existing tools/indicators to measure the effectiveness/impact of these approaches which are not ...
Please provide an overview of corruption and anti-corruption efforts in Guinea-Bissau, with a particular focus on the agricultural and health sectors.
Private sector - What roles can human resource (HR) management play in the fight against corruption in companies in the public and private sector (for example, recruitment processes and background checks, evaluation systems and incentives, the controversial integrity test, policies of not retaliation for ...
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