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1. THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS; Bribery is all around us, Peter W. Klein writes. It just lurks in the shadows

Subjects
Unaoil S.A.M. -- Cases, Lockheed Martin Corp. -- Cases, Bribery -- Forecasts and trends -- Cases, Aerospace industry -- Cases, Petroleum industry -- Cases, Political corruption -- Forecasts and trends -- Cases, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Peter W. Klein Peter W. Klein is former director of the University of British Columbia's School of Journalism, Writing & Media. He is the producer and director of the [...]

Published
2024

2. A CRY FOR GUATEMALA: U.S. Republicans have helped facilitate the destruction of the Central American nation's anti-corruption efforts

Author

Abbott, Jeff

Subjects
Governmental investigations -- Powers and duties, Political corruption -- Forecasts and trends -- Cases, Judges -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Justice, Administration of -- Forecasts and trends -- Guatemala -- United States, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, Political science
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Once a beacon in the fight against corruption, Guatemala has seen the systematic stifling of efforts to hold economic and political elites accountable. Nearly three years after Guatemala's then-President Jimmy [...]

Published
2022

3. Civics lesson; Politics

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Spain -- Political aspects, Public administration -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects, Political leadership -- Social aspects -- Forecasts and trends, Civil society -- Political aspects -- Forecasts and trends, Political corruption -- Forecasts and trends -- Cases, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

Rajoy to Sánchez, right to left Spanish institutions are still a work in progress CRISTINA CIFUENTES, THE PP president of the Madrid regional government since 2015, had vowed 'zero tolerance' [...]

Published
2018

4. Combating the culture of corruption. Or not

Author

Cray, Charlie

Subjects
Lobbying -- Standards -- Cases -- Forecasts and trends, Political corruption -- Forecasts and trends -- Cases, Business, Business, international, International relations, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Standards, Cases, Ethical aspects, Forecasts and trends
Abstract

TOM DELAY FINALLY RESIGNED, Jack Abramoff will soon be doing time, and more indictments are being filed against an ever-growing list of K Street fixers, Members of Congress and corrupt [...]

Published
2006

5. Corruption roll call: the most corrupt Members of Congress

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United States. House of Representatives -- Officials and employees -- Ethical aspects -- Cases -- Services, Legislators -- Ethical aspects -- Cases -- Forecasts and trends, Political corruption -- Forecasts and trends -- Cases, Nonprofit organizations -- Services -- Cases -- Forecasts and trends, Business, Business, international, International relations, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, Cases, Ethical aspects, Services, Officials and employees, Forecasts and trends
Abstract

By Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington CONNECTED TO THE ABRAMOFF SCANDAL and under indictment for improper use of corporate funds in a scheme to cement Republican control over [...]

Published
2006

6. Puerto Ricans are demanding better. It's about time Congress and San Juan deliver

Subjects
United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Powers and duties, Hurricane Maria, 2017 -- Political aspects -- Social aspects, Political protest -- Forecasts and trends, Governors -- Public relations, Disaster relief -- Political aspects -- Social aspects -- United States -- Puerto Rico, Hurricanes -- Social aspects -- Political aspects -- United States -- Puerto Rico, Political corruption -- Forecasts and trends -- Cases, Misogyny, Storm damage, Local government, Natural disaster damage, Humor, Journalism, Company legal issue, Company public relations, Political issue, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Puerto Ricans are all too conscious that the mainland treats them like second-class citizens. Unfortunately, their local government also treats them with disdain. That sad fact was laid bare with [...]

Published
2019

7. A coup against corruption in Romania

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Politicians -- Cases, Political parties -- Forecasts and trends -- Romania, Referendums -- Forecasts and trends, Political corruption -- Forecasts and trends -- Cases, Public prosecutors, Prisons, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, European Union -- International relations
Abstract

Byline: the Monitor's Editorial Board Abstract: The country's most powerful figure goes to prison, one of a several signs that one of Europe's most corrupt nations has turned a corner. [...]

Published
2019

8. More Corruption Trials? In an Election Year? Possible Reprise Makes Albany Groan

Author

Mckinley, Jesse

Subjects
Albany, New York -- Political aspects, Legislators -- Cases, Political corruption -- Forecasts and trends -- Cases, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

ALBANY -- If there was a single upside to the double-barreled corruption convictions of two of New York's most powerful men, it was the fact that they had occurred in [...]

Published
2017

9. A Judge Crusades to Upend Graft in Brazil's Political Game

Author

Londono, Ernesto

Subjects
Brazil -- Political aspects, Political corruption -- Forecasts and trends -- Cases, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

CURITIBA, Brazil -- Outside the courthouse, T-shirts with Judge Sérgio Moro's picture go for $12. Novelty passports for the so-called Republic of Curitiba -- the city that's become the hub [...]

Published
2017

10. Why Uprooting Corruption Has Thrown Brazil's Political System Into Upheaval

Author

Fisher, Max and Taub, Amanda

Subjects
Brazil -- Political aspects, Administration of criminal justice -- Forecasts and trends, Political corruption -- Forecasts and trends -- Cases, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, six years after leaving Brazil's presidency as a widely popular figure, now faces prison after a criminal conviction as well as vehement opposition from a [...]

Published
2017

11. Trump is acting like Richard Nixon. Now we need others to channel the heroes of Watergate

Author

Koncewicz, Michael

Subjects
United States. Department of Justice -- Powers and duties, Watergate Affair, 1972-1974 -- Cases -- Influence, President of the United States -- Evaluation, Political corruption -- Forecasts and trends -- Cases, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Michael Koncewicz Two days after President Trump's former campaign chairman was found guilty of tax evasion and bank fraud, and his former personal lawyer pleaded guilty to campaign finance [...]

Published
2018

12. The face of American political corruption might be about to change

Author

Gass, Henry

Subjects
United States. Supreme Court -- Cases, U.S. state governors -- Cases, Political corruption -- Forecasts and trends -- Cases, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Henry Gass Tom DeLay. John Edwards. Rick Perry. Robert Menendez. Like these politicians, Robert McDonnell is not your average defendant in the American criminal justice system. Nor is the [...]

Published
2016

13. Not a good week; The presidency

Subjects
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects -- Cases -- Management, Political corruption -- Forecasts and trends -- Cases, Disaster relief -- Management -- Cases -- United States, Company legal issue, Company business management, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

Abu Ghraib, Katrina, Jack Abramoff, Scooter Libby, Guantanamo, even Dick Cheney: familiar names have returned to haunt George Bush GEORGE BUSH wanted to talk about health-care reform this week, but [...]

Published
2006

14. Sleazy Business as Usual in Albany

Subjects
Albany, New York -- Political aspects, Political reform, Political ethics -- Forecasts and trends, Political corruption -- Forecasts and trends -- Cases, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The separate federal trials this month of the former Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, and Dean Skelos, former leader of the State Senate, are about the same thing: public corruption at [...]

Published
2015

15. More stunning public corruption in Virginia

Author

Galuszka, Peter

Subjects
Conspiracy -- Cases, U.S. state governors -- Cases, Nonprofit organizations -- Cases, Fraud -- Cases, Political corruption -- Forecasts and trends -- Cases, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Peter Galuszka If you thought that the conviction of former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell would stem Virginia's tendency toward corruption, think again. Consider what's happening in Bristol, a [...]

Published
2016

16. New Immunity Provisions Cast Doubt on Greece's Efforts to Fight Corruption

Author

Daley, Suzanne

Subjects
Political corruption -- Forecasts and trends -- Cases, Political organizations -- Laws, regulations and rules, Company legal issue, Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

ATHENS -- The omnibus bill, more than 100 pages long and titled ''Measures of Support and Growth for the Greek Economy,'' won passage here in the middle of the night [...]

Published
2014

17. Corruption in Albany

Subjects
Albany, New York -- Political aspects, Legislators -- Cases, Embezzlement -- Cases, Political corruption -- Forecasts and trends -- Cases, Obstruction of justice -- Cases, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

For all the talk among Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other leaders about cleaning up New York's rancid state government, it is the F.B.I. that is doing the cleaning -- indictment [...]

Published
2013

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