According to the 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index of 180 nations from Transparency International, the five countries at the top and bottom of the list are:
Least Corrupt
1. New Zealand
2. Denmark
3. Singapore
3. Sweden
5. Switzerland
Most...
by Rushworth M. Kidder
Last week in British Columbia, someone asked me how, with the world collapsing into moral fragmentation, anything could give us hope. Ever the optimist, I pointed to greater transparency as a force for moral improvement.
The...
“We just seem to lack the backbone to use this prohibition. In the rare cases it is used, no one at State was willing to talk about it.”
– Daniel Whitman, a former deputy director post at the U.S. State Department, talking to the New York Times...
Hamid Karzai promises he will quash corruption and stamp out “culture of impunity”; U.S. Senate holds hearings into shooting alleged to have been engineered by soldier destined for Afghan war; Canadian whistle-blower claims innocent civilians were...
He admits it later but says it was the ref’s job to call it on the spot; even though France won the game, its teachers union protests, saying it sets a bad example for children; some coaches wonder if young players will follow suit and play less...
