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The search for a sustainable anti-corruption strategy has seen a number of reform ideas introduced into the public sector of many African countries by the development community. But the failure of previous anti-corruption strategies has led to the...

The concepts of transparency and accountability are closely linked: transparency is supposed to generate accountability. This article questions this widely held assumption. Transparency mobilises the power of shame, yet the shameless may not be...

Ce document a été élaboré lors du colloque L'éthique de la coopération internationale et l'effectivité des droits humains, qui s'est tenu à Bergamo en Italie, à l'invitation des chaires UNESCO de Bergamo, Cotonou et Fribourg, les 12-14 mai 2005. Il a...

Este livro apresenta as conclusões da pesquisa conduzida pelo IIPE no campo da ética e da corrupção em educação. Tem como base todas as atividades realizadas com marco de referência incluindo uma oficina preparatória, visitas de estudo, seminário...

Esta publicación desarrolla un completo diagnóstico cuali-cuantitativo sobre las ideas de los jóvenes acerca de la corrupción, los valores ciudadanos y la ética pública. La investigación fue realizada en escuelas secundarias, en el marco de un...

The Education Support Program (ESP) has published Education in a Hidden Marketplace: Monitoring of Private Tutoring, the result of the Monitoring Private Tutoring Project, initiated by ESP in close cooperation with the Network of Education Policy...

As for any profession, the education profession follows certain general standards of practice (either implicit or explicit), such as equality of treatment and fulfilment of duties. Problems of ethics in teacher behaviour include a number of...

Recent surveys suggest that leakage of funds from ministries of education to schools represent more than 80 per cent of the total sums allocated for non salary expenditures in some countries; bribes and payoffs in teacher recruitment and promotion...

This paper looks at academic fraud in higher education and the means by which it can be addressed for quality assurance. It starts by examining academic fraud today, focusing on the new forms of academic fraud in accreditation and certification...

This article explores the phenomenon of corruption that has become common in higher education in developing countries around the world. The available body of literature on educational corruption does not provide sufficient insight on the nature and...