Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uruguay) Soccer (or “football” depending on your geographic orientation) is often referred to as the “beautiful game.” Of late, as recently as this month, the sport has become a bit less beautiful. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (known as FIFA), the international governing body of soccer, has been embroiled in a… Read More
Photo Credit: International Organization of Standardization (via Veracity Asset Management Group) Back in October, the International Organization of Standardization (ISO) released the long awaited ISO 37001, a new international standard designed to help organizations prevent, detect and address bribery. As a potential game changer in international anti-bribery standards, the ISO 37001 can be used by… Read More
Photo Credit: Henri Pitkänen (via Flickr) A new bookcase spurred me to go through all of my old grad school books, including those from a class on international corruption. I immediately noticed a trend among these books: all of them focused on the role of the government, rather than the private sector, in creating, sustaining,… Read More
Photo Credit: OECD Integrity Forum (via Flickr) The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum, held annually for five years now at the OECD headquarters in Paris, is the leading international event on integrity and anti-corruption. I had the opportunity to attend the 2017 edition, learn from the other participants,… Read More
Photo Credit: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanjin) What are the primary economic concerns for the next South Korean administration? According to a poll conducted by Han-kook Research on April 17, “Job Creation” (34.1%) ranked as one of the top priorities for the next administration. “Resolving polarization” (20.6%), “small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) empowerment” (20.4%) and “chaebol reform” (12%)… Read More
Photo Credit: VC Voices (http://vcvoices.org/2016/04/millennials/) A recent Wall Street Journal blog article highlighted concerns about the “me-first” millennial generation pouring into the workplace in the near future. According to the article, millennials seem to care less about institutes and authority and as a result there is a fear that they would be more likely to… Read More