Progress & Challenges in the Global Fight Against Corruption

By Frank Vogl
EthicsWorld Publisher

In a January 31, 2007 presentation on “Grand Corruption” EthicsWorld’s publisher, Frank Vogl, argues that the costs of corruption, including those related to global security, tend to be under-appreciated. He takes stock of progress by answering the question: are we winning in the fight against corruption?

Vogl reviews critical issues in corporate corruption and international bribe-paying and highlights proposals for reforms. Finally, in a section of his presentation on bribe-taking, he argues that multilateral aid agencies need to better coordinate their strategies on suspending aid to corrupt governments; they need to greatly boost their partnerships with civil society; and, their efforts will fail unless they appreciate more substantively that politics is an absolutely central issue in this field that needs to be much more fully taken into account in the design of anti-corruption projects and programs.

Presentation to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at
American University Washington DC

Contents - Five broad Questions:

• What are the costs of grand corruption?
  
  
• Have we made meaningful progress in the fight against corruption since the founding of Transparency International, the leading global anti-corruption non-governmental organization (NGO) in 1993?
  
  
• Has the leadership of business lost its moral compass and, if yes, then what can be done to restore integrity to corporate leadership?
  
  
  
• Are we losing the fight to stop bribe-paying across national borders, and if so, what should we do to reverse this situation?
  
  
• Does all that we have learned offer clarity when it comes to securing progress in the battle against public-office bribe takers?
  
  
  
  
  
  

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