Myanmar advocacy video / UNDP anti-corruption work / Samsung oversight panel

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UNDP Myanmar cooperated with the Myanmar ACC to ask people about their views on corruption (Video).  See a short advocacy video of citizens expressing their thoughts on corruption and its effects on Myanmar’s society and development.

United Nations Development Programme and Anti-Corruption Commission of Myanmar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izTkm7taH2U&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1IGQHhPlA2odrZldRDbmMZIBFWClpK_DF4Ejlx7HkQNEjLPwrj3f5wRqI

 

Addressing corruption can even the playing field in an era of widening inequalities (Blog).  “With Australia’s support, over the past two decades UNDP has helped countries to identify the drivers of corruption and opportunities for change. As we step into the ‘decade of action’ for the Sustainable Development Goals, countries can further accelerate progress in a number of ways…”

Valerie Cliff/United Nations Development Programme: https://www.asia-pacific.undp.org/content/rbap/en/home/blog/2020/addressing_corruption_can_even_the_playing_field_in_an_era_of_widening_inequalities.html

 

Samsung Sets Up Anti-Corruption Panel As Chief Faces Trials.  “South Korea’s Samsung Group, whose leader faces trials over a bribery scandal involving former president Park Geun-hye, has appointed external experts to a new oversight panel to stamp out criminal conduct, the chief of the committee said… The move came after a judge overseeing Samsung leader Jay Y. Lee’s bribery case in October criticized the top conglomerate for its lack of an effective compliance system, saying one was needed to prevent wrongdoing by executives and its leader.”

Heekyong Yang/One America News Network: https://www.oann.com/samsung-sets-up-anti-corruption-panel-as-chief-faces-trials/

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