As a member of a community of corruption fighters, the Anti-Corruption & Governance Center at the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) applauds the success of existing corruption measurement tools while staying committed to developing new anti-corruption measures and sharpening existing ones. CIPE recently collaborated with the European Centre for Anticorruption and Statebuilding (ERCAS)… Read More
Partner organizations from around the globe will soon descend upon Vilnius, Lithuania, to join this year’s biggest anti-corruption event: Transparency International’s International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC), from Tuesday, June 18 to Friday, June 21. CIPE’s Anti-Corruption & Governance Center (ACGC) will support events planned by our partner organizations while also hosting some of our own that… Read More
One of the main authors of the groundbreaking Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA), Tom Firestone, underscored earlier this month at a CIPE briefing that the new law’s effectiveness in curbing bribery solicitation will depend on boosting awareness. “I think that the most valuable thing an organization like CIPE can do is to just get the… Read More
Members of CIPE’s Anti-Corruption and Governance Center (ACGC) from three continents joined the 12th GACIF forum from March 26 through 27, organizing and chairing private sector-oriented sessions on topics ranging from business integrity in the Asia-Pacific region to tech solutions in fighting corruption. Overall, the ACGC team came away with a welcome sense that the business community… Read More
In combating corruption, governments, activists, and other anti-corruption practitioners must hone their messaging effectively to rally support and resources to the cause. Traditional anti-corruption messaging efforts, which range from billboards to government announcements, risk being ineffective or even counterproductive — reinforcing in the minds of communities that corruption is rampant and impossible to address. Anti-corruption… Read More
This year marks the 10th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, and the event is now a significant opportunity for anti-corruption practitioners to share experiences and join forces. As organizations with different outlooks and expertise gather, our joint mission is to turn the convention’s obligations into… Read More