Fair business update / Government integrity key / Indonesia revolution betrayed

UNDP Fair Biz in ASEAN Newsletter.  Check out UNDP ‘Promoting a Fair Business Environment in ASEAN’ project’s the latest updates for the period of August-November 2019, with highlights in areas of business integrity and public procurement.

United Nations Development Programme: https://mailchi.mp/85dc73a7b820/fairbizinasean-11993999?e=e25eae1c8c

 

Government integrity holds key to tackling corporate corruption—study.  “Financial incentives and criminal punishment will not root out corrupt business practices, but a government culture of honesty, integrity and strong leadership could help to cure corruption [according to a recent research from Birmingham Business School]”

University of Birmingham/Phys.org: https://phys.org/news/2019-11-key-tackling-corporate-corruptionstudy.html

 

A revolution betrayed: The tragedy of Indonesia's Jokowi (Opinion).  “Jokowi has seemingly embraced the age-old notion of "efficient corruption", which presupposes that a degree of corruption is inevitable for rapid economic growth.”    

Richard Javad Heydarian/Aljazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/revolution-betrayed-tragedy-indonesia-jokowi-191124104212545.html

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