...Shenghui Tong; Hong Qian Purpose This study aims to systematically review the body of research on the association between China’s anti-corruption campaign and corporate finance. In addition, the authors summarize findings related to crime prevention and detection in firm settings and contextualize...

... in Somalia is high and complex because of the following reasons: weak governance and poverty, culture and tradition which include favoritism based on clan membership, lack of accountability mechanism and absence political will. Measures undertaken for anti-corruption, for instance, the establishment...

...Mohamed Esmail Elmaghrabi; Ahmed Diab Purpose This study aims to examine the association between anti-corruption corporate disclosure and earnings management practices by bringing evidence from a developed market. Design/methodology/approach The study uses data from non-financial FTSE 100...

... anti-corruption processes. Economic crime is a key driver for poverty and economic crisis. Originality/value This is a unique paper that examines Sri Lanka’s present economic crisis and its political model and economic crime. The paper will discuss transnational mechanisms for anti-corruption...

...Alexandra Hartwig Purpose The practicality of anti-corruption efforts has been debated in development circles since the 1990s (World Bank, 1998). Moving beyond monetary metrics, this paper seeks to contribute to the discussion by assessing whether the cost of anti-corruption measures...

... by his teaching at the International Anti-Corruption Academy in Vienna, where he trains public prosecutors from Eastern Europe and through this collaboration, learns of their experience in the system. The impressions gained from real life are supported by an extensive understanding of the literature...

...Magda Siahaan; Harry Suharman; Tettet Fitrijanti; Haryono Umar Purpose Business Principles for Countering Bribery, 2003, helps companies design and implement anti-bribery policies, one of anti-corruption. Since then, the business environment has changed, can carry out anti-corruption activities...

...Anara S. Berdaliyeva; Alexandr I. Kim; Aliya M. Seraliyeva; Aivazkhan A. Gassanov; Makhambet V. Dunentayev Purpose Despite all the anti-corruption measures and anti-corruption initiatives, people offer or accept bribes without any hesitation. As anywhere in the world, the negative consequences...

...Stijn Kuipers Purpose Corruption is commonly seen as a primary impediment to economic development, and its eradication has therefore featured high on development agendas. Most anti-corruption efforts in international development however fail. This paper aims to review recent attempts to unpack...

...Faisal Faisal; Corina Joseph; Andriani Saputri; Andri Prastiwi Purpose This study aims to investigate the content and determinants of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) anti-corruption disclosures (ACDs) of public-listed Indonesian companies using institutional and legitimacy theories...

...Jiahong He Purpose With the analysis of the causes of corruption, this study aims to investigate specific anti-corruption measures that can be implemented to reform the political system and the social climate of China. Design/methodology/approach This study examines 97 severe corruption cases...

... in practice and how it impacts Colombian law enforcement institutions and their capacity to prosecute bribe-receivers. The Colombian response to the international anti-corruption framework is examined in this study through the review of legislative efforts taken to address the problems of bribery...

... in the humanitarian sector. Abdinur Abdirisak Sofe can be contacted at: soofe101@gmail.com © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Corruption Humanitarian assistance Puntland Somalia Anti-corruption The notion of corruption...

.... This interference has resulted in selective prosecutions and a deceleration in the tempo of the anti-corruption crusade. Design/methodology/approach The study used an admixture of primary and secondary data to evaluate whether indeed Nigeria is fighting against corruption to win it. The primary data were...

...Nicholas Bautista-Beauchesne; César Garzon Purpose Existing reviews about corruption and anti-corruption have yet to treat the subject of prevention as the main focus of inquiry. The purpose of this paper is to address this need by analyzing definitions, theoretical underpinnings, methods...

..., significant sums are invested in anti-corruption agencies and prevention strategies. This paper reports on recent work with an anti-corruption agency, which forced us to re-think how to deliver an anti-corruption agenda in a low-corruption environment. The authors build on their research of public sector...

..., as a means of mitigating the severity of possible sanctions. Originality/value – A lot has been written about the consequences of criminal convictions for bribery and other corrupt practices. However, much less attention has been paid to the evolution of anti-corruption policies and procedures which...

... will likely fall. Originality/value – This article describes a set of legal changes which will change the way Hong Kong treats corruption. The literature tends to glamorise Hong Kong’s anti-corruption work. It is shown that its law falls far behind other jurisdictions, as well as how “treating companies...