Fighting Corruption Collectively : How Successful are Sector-Specific Coordinated Governance Initiatives in Curbing Corruption? /

This book represents the first systematic qualitative analysis of a new type of collective anti-corruption initiatives. The author describes how companies can take responsibility in the fight against corruption and which six success factors play an important role in this difficult endeavor. Despite...

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Main Authors: van Schoor, Berta
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Published: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer VS,
Publisher Address: Wiesbaden :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Wirtschaftsethik in der globalisierten Welt
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-17838-3
Summary: This book represents the first systematic qualitative analysis of a new type of collective anti-corruption initiatives. The author describes how companies can take responsibility in the fight against corruption and which six success factors play an important role in this difficult endeavor. Despite great international efforts throughout the last two decades, corruption has not significantly decreased on a global level. In light of globalization, private actors increasingly cooperate in the fight against corruption in the context of sector-specific coordinated governance initiatives. In this
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XVII, 221 pages): illustrations.
ISBN: 9783658178383
Index Number: HF5387
CLC: F718
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical Background: Self-interest as a Means of preventing Corruption -- 3. Methodological Approach -- 4. Multiple-Case Study Analysis -- 5. Cross-Case Analysis and Discussion -- 6. Summary and Conclusions.