Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to utilize a multi-method design for research on corruption in China. Corruption …. Design/methodology/approach – Taking a multi-method approach, the phenomena of corruption is investigated from: etymological … analyses for corruption (European roots) and its Chinese equivalent, 贪污 (pinyin: tan wu ) case studies taken from three periods …

attempts to develop a new perspective on the current international pre‐occupation with corruption and anti‐corruption … development of an idea, corruption, the paper demonstrates, not just the part that a critical geographical narrative has to play … signified by corruption, how the concept is used in the business world and how to convince policymakers that, in this area at …

conceptions of corruption and its measurement. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides an in‐depth secondary source … agenda of business by the way the measurement and management of African “corruption” is manipulated to serve Western economic … interests. The conclusion reached is that the most popular measure of corruption, Transparency International's (TIs) corruption …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to problematise the concept of corruption as it is used in the African context … by exposing the weaknesses in the business model used to define corruption and resource the massive yet incompetent anti‐corruption … of African corruption. Design/methodology/approach – The paper utilises in‐depth secondary source analysis, applying …

this emerging agenda in critical corruption studies and the major directions in which the field has moved since 2006 …, exploring some of the connections between dominant discourses of corruption and anti‐corruption and the upheavals which have …/methodology/approach – The paper presents a brief personal reflection on developments in the field of critical corruption studies. Findings – The …

) role in combating corruption, focusing particularly on TI's response to the global financial crisis of 2008. Design … challenge the systemic causes of corruption. Further, TI's attention to the manifestations rather than causes of corruption … leads it to unfairly identify corruption as a failing of the global South rather than an inherent feature of international …

on corruption, and thus needs to undertake due diligence on corruption. This paper aims to emphasise that existing … sources of information on corruption in specific countries are often limited for interpretative purposes. Design … and types of corruption in a specific country. Findings – As a preliminary conclusion, the paper proposes that business …

Purpose – The concept of corruption is frequently represented as relating to social practices that violate established … legitimacy. The paper aims to explore these issues through a detailed exploration of corruption in Nicaragua, which outlines how … ways, reflecting the use of contrasting mechanisms for justifying and legitimizing corruption. Design …

explore their role in providing a supply‐side stimulant for corrupt practices. It aims to argue that the corruption debate …