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 publ...

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Main Author:	Panth, Sabina
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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