Friday, July 23, 2021

Philippines authoritarianism, corruption psychology / Duty-bearers integrity motivation / Nepal anti-corruption watchdog targets

Understanding Authoritarianism and Corruption in the Philippines (Blog).  “Duterte, Marcos, and other political elites have exploited religious and other psychological predispositions by using system justifying messages to reinforce the legitimacy of corruption and authoritarian domination. Top-down processes of elite communication and bottom-up psychological needs and interests meet in the middle, so that system-justifying messages find their audiences and inflame lower class insecurities.”

Jenavieve Hinton/Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/social-justice-pacifists/202107/understanding-authoritarianism-and-corruption-in-the    

 

What makes frontline duty-bearers act with integrity? 10 key takeaways (Research).  “This research summary provides 10 key takeaways from Integrity Action’s research into the conditions and approaches that influence teachers and health workers to deliver services with integrity.”

Link to full report: https://integrityaction.org/media/17695/research-report_what-makes-frontline-duty-bearers-act-with-integrity_integrity-action_.pdf

Integrity Action: https://integrityaction.org/media/17718/what-makes-frontline-duty-bearers-act-with-integrity_summary_integrity-action.pdf    

 

Nepal’s anti-corruption watchdog haunts low-level staff to leave the big fish aside (Opinion).  “On April 21, the Supreme Court ordered the constitutional anti-corruption body, Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority, to stop carrying out sting operations to arrest government staffers receiving bribes. Since the decision, the anti-graft body has relatively been inactive as it has been dealing with minor cases and culprits who have committed major crimes take a sigh of relief.”

Krishna Gyawali/Online Khabar: https://english.onlinekhabar.com/ciaa-nepal-anti-corruption-body-leaves-big-fish-aside.html  

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