The prosecution of high profile multi-national corporations (MNCs) over the past decade for bribe... more The prosecution of high profile multi-national corporations (MNCs) over the past decade for bribery of public officials has raised the need for drafting ethics-related administrative law. The negative impact of corruption on the infrastructure has been well discussed over the years resulting in the formulation of a number of anti-corruption conventions. Chief amongst them are the OECD Convention on Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, 1997 and the United Nations Convention against Corruption, 2003. The latter, alongside criminalization, promotes a number of preventive measures to combat corruption. Amongst these are codes ofconduct for public administration. So, how should countries draft ethicsrelated administrative law? Should such law be driven purely by normative ethics based on how one ought to act? Or, should we take into account empirical data in drafting ethics-related administrative law? A related question is who should oversee these e...
• Senior-level (25+ years) anti-corruption and governance expert working with governmental, non-g... more • Senior-level (25+ years) anti-corruption and governance expert working with governmental, non-governmental, subnational and international agencies. • Experienced Team Leader for EU, World Bank and ADB projects as well as Chief of Party for USAID. • Long-term experience in assessing and capacity building of state; judiciary; law enforcement agencies and civil society organisations to enhance integrity. • Strategic designer of action plans for anti-corruption measures for national, sub-national (local) governments. • Designer and implementer of anti-corruption/governance diagnostics especially corruption risk assessments.
The prosecution of high profile multi-national corporations (MNCs) over the past decade for bribe... more The prosecution of high profile multi-national corporations (MNCs) over the past decade for bribery of public officials has raised the need for drafting ethics-related administrative law. The negative impact of corruption on the infrastructure has been well discussed over the years resulting in the formulation of a number of anti-corruption conventions. Chief amongst them are the OECD Convention on Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, 1997 and the United Nations Convention against Corruption, 2003. The latter, alongside criminalization, promotes a number of preventive measures to combat corruption. Amongst these are codes ofconduct for public administration. So, how should countries draft ethicsrelated administrative law? Should such law be driven purely by normative ethics based on how one ought to act? Or, should we take into account empirical data in drafting ethics-related administrative law? A related question is who should oversee these e...
• Senior-level (25+ years) anti-corruption and governance expert working with governmental, non-g... more • Senior-level (25+ years) anti-corruption and governance expert working with governmental, non-governmental, subnational and international agencies. • Experienced Team Leader for EU, World Bank and ADB projects as well as Chief of Party for USAID. • Long-term experience in assessing and capacity building of state; judiciary; law enforcement agencies and civil society organisations to enhance integrity. • Strategic designer of action plans for anti-corruption measures for national, sub-national (local) governments. • Designer and implementer of anti-corruption/governance diagnostics especially corruption risk assessments.
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