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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Corrupt practices"”.
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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977
… Jimmy Carter signed into law, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Public Law 95-213. The general purpose of this Act is to make it unlawful for publicly held corporations to make certain payments to foreign officials and other foreign persons with the specific intent to influence the foreign …
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The approach of the independent corrupt practices and other related offences commission (ICPC) in curbing corruption in Nigeria’s education system: a critical analysis
Nigeria is ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Since it regained democratic status in 1999, successive governments have made several attempts to ameliorate corruption. One such attempt is the establishment of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences …
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Social Order and the Culture of Corruption in India
<p>Corruption is rampant in India and is prevalent in every sector of the Indian society. The purpose of this paper is to discuss selected cases to understand the widespread corruption that occurs in various sectors of the society such as academia, business, banking, law enforcement and other …
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Police Corruption and Misconduct from a Police Officer Perspective:from Identification to Discipline and Prevention
… best ways to discipline police officers who are corrupt. Some law enforcement officials believe that with the large amounts of discretionary power they are given, they are above the law. Through a secondary analysis of Carl Klockars police corruption dataset, results were presented to answer …
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Guanxi (关系) fenomeno vaidmuo šiuolaikinėje Kinijos darbo kultūroje Xi Jinping vadovaujamų antikorupcinių iniciatyvų metu /
… It contrasts guanxi with Western networking practices to highlight its unique characteristics and significance. The study investigates how Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign has altered the dynamics of guanxi in Chinese workplaces, particularly in curbing corrupt practices like bribery and …
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What Process is Due – Sanctions Regimes of Multilateral Development Banks
… of criminal convictions for bribery and other corrupt practices. However, less attention has been paid to the sanctions regimes that have been developed by multilateral development banks in order to combat fraud and corruption in their operations. This is likely to change in view of the fact …
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An investigation into whether current definitions of corruption have disproportionate adverse impact on some economies
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Management, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2019.
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Of engineers, rationalities, and rule: An ethnography of neoliberal reform in an urban water utility in South India
… constituted a discursive mode through which "corrupt" practices such as bribery were folded into the morality and logic of daily practice in the depots. Water, as the classic commons, demonstrated the leakiness of abstract orders, and provided an insightful lens into neoliberal governance by …
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Enforcement practice, development assistance and servicing clients: progressing compliance with wastewater discharge regulations in industrialised north Vietnam
… case of wastewater pollution law enforcement practices at provincial scales in north Vietnam. It seeks to understand dominant logics and practical norms that help constitute the institutional context in which environmental officials operate, in part through considering responses to foreign …
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Political risk analysis of the Renewable Energy Sector in South Africa and the effect on Foreign Direct Investment
… interference from government institutions. Corrupt practices such as those surrounding an oscillating nuclear deal, the desire to maintain monopoly in state owned Eskom and the tensions that emerge as a result of a historically unequal society where there is unequal land distribution and …
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A critical evaluation of the effectiveness of local content policy (LCP) and transparency practices in LCP implementation in the Nigerian oil and gas industry.
… undertaken in investigating the transparency practices involved in the implementation of the LCP in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. The study critically evaluates the effectiveness of the LCP and the transparency practices associated with its implementation. A conceptual framework based on …
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Towards an alternative development approach to low cost housing delivery in KwaZulu-Natal province
… the poor themselves is recommended to help curb corrupt practices around allocation. Third, employment creation should be factored into the location of housing. This should be treated as part of the planning process not an after-thought or ‘add-on’ type of activity. Fourth, housing planning and …
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An Empirical Analysis Of The Relationship Between Corruption And Inflation
… a collection of three chapters on the effect of corruption on inflation through public finance channels. Those chapters test the following hypothesis corrupt officials such as tax collectors, procurement officials, government sales officials, and so on, waste liquid government resources through …
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Three essays on empirical corporate finance
… M&As. The second essay examines the link among corruption, firm growth and labor reallocation. Corrupt practices in the assignment of government contracts are largely diffused and can generate misallocation of resources across firms. I study how disclosure of such practices affects firm growth …
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Steel Riders : a novel for young adult readers and, An hermeneutical examination of Steel Riders
… results in their uncovering of local government corruption and a large, commercial marijuana plantation. This simple plot allows for a complex investigation of many issues and situations that confront young people living in regional and remote areas and at the same time celebrates the beauty of …
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Modelling cost and time performance of public building projects in a terror impacted area of Nigeria
… foreign exchange, variations to works, and corrupt practices. The time influencing factors include design errors, cash flow problems, payment delays to main contractors, contractors’ improper contract knowledge, and delay in building plans and approval. These factors found in the study area …
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From empire to dependence: the evolution of Turkish underdevelopment
… moral strength of the nation had loosened up and corrupt practices and values had disrupted the old (and better) order, while the late 19th and early 20th century Turkish intellectuals believed that they had not imitated the Western model seriously enough to have become a developed society.</p> …