Are Corruption Indices a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? A Social Labeling Perspective of Corruption

Warren, Danielle E.; Laufer, William S.

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“…For example, Transparency International maintains an increasing influence in the global anti-corruption movement while references to its country ratings are growing (Warren and Laufer, 2009). Its standards and ratings are universal and not country or culturespecific (O'Higgins, 2006).…”

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Fluidity of Regulation-CSR Nexus: The Multinational Corporate Corruption Example

Osuji

2011

J Bus Ethics

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Fluidity of Regulation-CSR Nexus: The Multinational Corporate Corruption Example

Osuji

2011

J Bus Ethics

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“…Following the seminal works of Argandoña (2000Argandoña ( , 2001Argandoña ( , 2003aArgandoña ( , 2007 and Dunfee 2000, 2003;Dunfee and Hess 2001), the literature on business ethics and corporate social responsibility (CSR) is focusing on corruption-related issues such as anti-corruption policies being adopted in the public sector (Hess 2009), corruption indexes to rank countries (Warren and Laufer 2009), different perceptions of bribery and ethical behavior (Sanchez et al 2008;Bernardi et al 2009), the role of the firm in the fight against corruption (Calderon et al 2009), etc. It should be noted that empirical research in this field focuses mainly on analysis and discussion of extensive quantitative data, gathered via questionnaires or from indirect sources (see Nwabuzor 2005).…”

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To Pay or Not to Pay? Dynamic Transparency and the Fight Against the Mafia’s Extortionists

Vaccaro

2011

J Bus Ethics

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This article presents the results of the longitudinal study of Addiopizzo, a successful anti-bribery organization founded in Sicily in 2004. It analyzes how this organization has used information disclosure as a strategy to fight adverse environmental conditions and the immoral activities of the Sicilian Mafia. This article extends the business ethics and corporate social responsibility literature by showing how multi-level strategic information disclosure processes can help gain organizational legitimacy in adverse social environments and successfully fight against social resistance to change, low levels of moral imagination and attacks from criminal organizations. This article provides an additional contribution to the literature by linking the three research streams on corporate transparency, the fight against corruption, and organizational legitimacy. The results of this research also contribute to the special issue of the EBEN AC 2010, ''Which values for which organizations'', since it provides a unique example of an organization capable of spreading the values of social justice and honesty in a difficult social environment plagued by Mafia.

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“…For obvious reasons the measurement of corruption raises many challenges (Heywood and Rose, 2014 Both the HDI and CPI have certainly had their critics over the years. For example, some critiques of the CPI can be found in de Maria (2008) and Warren and Laufer (2009). For the CPI the reliance on surveys designed to assess the perceptions of business people and others who may not necessarily be resident in the countries they are asked to comment on results in a picture of corruption that may not necessarily match reported experiences (Donchev and Ujhelyi, 2014), especially of those who live in those countries including the poorest who may suffer the most from corruption.…”

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Focussing on the Extremes of Good and Bad: Media Reporting of Countries Ranked Via Index-Based League Tables

Morse

2017

Soc Indic Res

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The paper provides the first published evidence for a 'U' shaped relationship between country 'league-table' ranking based on the Human Development Index (HDI) and Corruption Perception Index (CPI) and media reporting. The results suggest that the Extremity Hypothesis proposed by Heath (1996) applies to such data rather than the alternative of the Centrality Hypothesis. In the Extremity Hypothesis people are more likely to transmit information regarding extremes, perhaps because people value 'surprisingness' or think that others do so, and the inevitable polarity of league-tables would appear to invite greater attention on those countries that rank high and low. This is an important finding as it suggests that countries at these extremes could act as exemplars. However, this is not to say that at more regional scales the media may pick-up on differences between 'peer group' countries ranked towards the middle of the league-table. Much more attention needs to be given by researchers to the use of indicators and indices and what helps to influence this, especially as it would help inform further development of existing indicators/indices and the creation of new ones.

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Are Corruption Indices a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? A Social Labeling Perspective of Corruption

Abstract: corruption, collective action, network governance,

Cited by 34 publications

References 13 publications

Fluidity of Regulation-CSR Nexus: The Multinational Corporate Corruption Example

Fluidity of Regulation-CSR Nexus: The Multinational Corporate Corruption Example

To Pay or Not to Pay? Dynamic Transparency and the Fight Against the Mafia’s Extortionists

Focussing on the Extremes of Good and Bad: Media Reporting of Countries Ranked Via Index-Based League Tables

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