Changing Norms is Key to Fighting Everyday Corruption

One of the biggest impediments to anticorruption efforts is the fact that corrupt practices have become so institutionalized in everyday society that citizens view them as fixed and incontestable. To break down such an entrenched mind-set, the public s ignorance of their rights, cynicism, fear of reprisal, and mentality of submission to the status quo must first be defeated. Perhaps most important, the efficacy challenge needs to be addressed. Citizens generally must believe that they can actually do something about corruption in order to summon the courage to act upon that belief. Based on CommGAP s interactions with the global anticorruption community as well as earlier research, we were able to collate 18 representative instances (case studies) from around the world, with real-life examples of citizens coming together to speak up against corruption and social norms vis-à-vis corruption or to change public services affected by corrupt practices. This report is a one-step-up analysis of the collated case studies, which is intended to shed light on practical approaches, tools, and techniques that have been successful in bringing citizens together to stand against the daunting phenomenon of corruption.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Panth, Sabina
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2011-10
Subjects:	ABUSE, ABUSES, ACCESS TO JUSTICE, ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES, ACTS, ADVOCACY, ANTI-CORRUPTION, ANTICORRUPTION, ANTICORRUPTION AGENCIES, ANTICORRUPTION AGENCY, ANTICORRUPTION CAMPAIGNS, ANTICORRUPTION COMMISSION, ANTICORRUPTION DRIVE, ANTICORRUPTION DRIVES, ANTICORRUPTION EFFORTS, ANTICORRUPTION MEASURES, APPLICABLE LAW, AUTHORITY, BILLS, BRIBE, BRIBERY, BRIBERY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS, BRIBES, BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS, BUSINESSMEN, CASES OF CORRUPTION, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, CHURCH LEADERS, CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT, CITIZEN GROUPS, CITIZEN MONITORING, CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, CITIZEN REPORT CARD, CIVIL SERVICE, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, COLLABORATION, COLLUSION, COMMUNITY LEADERS, COMMUNITY RADIO, COMPLAINTS, CONFIDENCE, CONSULTATION, CORRUPT, CORRUPT OFFICIALS, CORRUPT PRACTICES, CORRUPTION, CORRUPTION CASES, CORRUPTION PERCEPTION, CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX, CPI, CREDIBILITY, CRIME, CRIMES, CRIMINAL, CRIMINAL ACTIONS, CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES, CRIMINAL CHARGES, CRONIES, DEMOCRACY, EMBEZZLEMENT, EQUALITY, ETHICAL PRACTICES, EXTORTION, FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION, FIGURES, FORGERY, FRAUD, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION, GLOBAL ANTICORRUPTION, GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, GRAFT, GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS, INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION, INFORMATION ACT, INITIATIVE, INTEGRITY, INTERMEDIARIES, INTERMEDIARY, INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS, INTERNATIONAL LEGAL, INTERVIEWS, INVESTIGATION, INVESTIGATIONS, JAIL, JOURNALISTS, JUDICIARY, JUSTICE, KIDNAPPING, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, LAWS, LAWYERS, LEADERSHIP, LEGAL FRAMEWORKS, LEGAL INSTRUMENTS, LEGAL STATUS, LEGISLATION, LEGITIMACY, LIBEL, LITIGATION, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GROUPS, MEDIA, MEDIUMS, MINISTER, MISAPPROPRIATION, MOBILIZATION, MURDER, NEPOTISM, OMBUDSMAN, ORGANIZED CRIME, PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE, PARTICIPATORY BUDGETS, PARTICIPATORY MECHANISMS, PETTY CORRUPTION, PLEDGES, POLICE, POLICE CORRUPTION, POLICE OFFICER, POLICE OFFICERS, POLITICAL INTERESTS, POLITICAL PARTIES, POLITICAL SCANDAL, POLITICAL SCANDALS, POLITICIANS, PREPARATION, PROSECUTION, PROSECUTIONS, PROSECUTORS, PUBLIC ACCESS, PUBLIC AWARENESS, PUBLIC EDUCATION, PUBLIC FUNDS, PUBLIC GOODS, PUBLIC INFORMATION, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, PUBLIC PROSECUTORS, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUNISHMENT, RECONSTRUCTION, REMEDY, REPRISALS, RIGHT TO INFORMATION, RULE OF LAW, RULING PARTY, SANCTION, SCANDAL, SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, SERVICE DELIVERY, SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, SOCIAL AUDITS, SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SOLICITATION, STATE GOVERNMENT, STATE INSTITUTIONS, STEALING, SUICIDE, TARGET GROUPS, THIEVES, TRADE UNIONS, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL, TRIAL, TRIALS, VICTIMS, VILLAGE, VIOLENCE, VOTING, WHISTLEBLOWER, ZERO TOLERANCE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/10/19915667/changing-norms-key-fighting-everyday-corruption http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20185
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!