the role of financial intermediaries within the sociological theory of profession to argue that these professionals … illuminate the role played by financial intermediaries in elite money laundering. Findings – The evidence shows that, in pursuit … activities of political and economic elite in Nigeria. The paper concludes that the establishment of money laundering laws and …

Purpose – In addition to contributing to the supply side of corruption in Africa, the West has historically played a …, their relatives and close associates have used OFCs in moving funds that may be a product of foreign corruption into Western … countries. Design/methodology/approach – The paper locates the role of OFCs within the political economy theory of globalisation …

Purpose – Elite individuals and groups constitute a distinctive, upper echelon and social grouping. In various shapes … literature on elite interviewing both generally and more specifically against a backdrop of an organization and management … disciplinary setting. Importantly the paper examines and surfaces the role of context in relation to elite interviewing. In order …

One of the most direct methods of exposing corruption in corporate or public institutions is whistleblowing. Quite a … structural inertia in dealing with corruption cases. In this article, the author argues that Nigeria can benefit from the …

While abundant research has demonstrated that E-government reduces corruption and improves bureaucratic productivity …, few studies have isolated the distinct effects of different types of E-government programs on rates of corruption and … developmental obstacles of corruption and bribery. Nations pursuing development would best be served, therefore, by adopting the …

development progress of a country. But in Bangladesh it is an irony of fate that in the judiciary there is too much corruption … types of corruption from among the judicial officers, lawyers and clients are clearly seen in Court premises. To prevent …

limitation of an earlier work which claims cultural norms to be the significant determinant of corruption. We show that after … infrastructure in a country, the effect of culture on corruption becomes insignificant. However, the Country Corruption index and the … Government Effectiveness index are strongly correlated which makes it difficult to identify the causal determinant of corruption …

waste and reports it to a regulator. The inspector may engage in three forms of corruption – bribery, extortion and framing … with the earlier literature on corruption, we show that not only bribery but also extortion and framing may occur in … equilibrium, even when all the forms of corruption could be deterred. We also find that higher costs of engaging in corruption may …

Abstract It is shown how corruption in the management of environmental resources can give rise to a comparative … corruption responds endogenously to the over-exploitation of resources, it is possible for international trade to generate forces … that improve resource management by reducing corruption. Therefore, in this case trade could provide gains in addition to …