Corruption scandals in six Asian countries: a comparative analysis

Quah, Jon S.T.

doi:10.1108/pap-01-2020-0002

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“…Najib covered up the 1MDB scandal by removing from office the Deputy Prime Minister, four ministers, the Attorney-General, and some junior officials during 2015-2016 to prevent them from revealing evidence of corruption or convening a public inquiry. The government also hindered investigations by withholding documents and computer files and influencing the investigators in the National Audit Department and the MACC to change their findings or abandon their investigations (Quah, 2020c, p. 12). The government’s attempts to conceal the 1MDB scandal enabled the opposition political parties to criticise the 1MDB investment policies and increase public suspicions of malpractices in its financial dealings.…”

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Leadership and culture in combating corruption: a comparative analysis

Quah

2022

PAP

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PurposeThis paper analyses the importance of leadership and culture in combating corruption in Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is based on the comparative analysis of the effectiveness of the anti-corruption measures in the studies of six selected countries in this special issue of Public Administration and Policy. The contributors in this special issue were invited because of their publications on combating corruption in the six countries.FindingsThe critical variable ensuring the effectiveness of combating corruption is the strong political will of the leadership in changing the culture of corruption in the country by implementing a zero-tolerance policy toward corruption, as shown in Singapore and Hong Kong. In New Zealand’s case, leadership plays a less important role because of the population’s emphasis on equality and egalitarianism and its reliance on the Ombudsman and Serious Fraud Office to curb corruption. However, the corrupt leaderships of Tanaka Kakuei in Japan, Najib Rajak in Malaysia, and Chen Shui-bian in Taiwan, demonstrate clearly their insidious impact of consolidating their kleptocratic rule in these countries.Originality/valueAs the role of leadership and culture in combating corruption has not been given sufficient attention in the literature, this paper attempts to rectify this neglect by demonstrating that the political leaders in Singapore and Hong Kong, and to a lesser extent, New Zealand, have succeeded in minimising corruption while their counterparts in Japan, Taiwan and Malaysia, have failed to do so.

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Leadership and culture in combating corruption: a comparative analysis

Quah

2022

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“…The sanction of a corruptor is also in the form of a fine. The fine in question is certainly not just to return money or assets resulting from corruption (Quah, 2020). In addition, the proceeds must be for the general or state treasury and not for the judge.…”

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Islamic Criminal Law Study on The Seizure of Corruptor Assets as an Indonesian's Criminal Sanction in The Future

Alam

Fajrin²,

Al-Fatih³

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JURIS

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The current job transformation is one of the challenges for the state of Indonesia. Crimes over time have been carried out systematically, including corruption. The interesting thing about the development of efforts to combat corruption is the development of the concept of returning state finances. Legal entities in Indonesia have long experienced legal pluralism, as can be seen from the configuration of the community that carries out Islamic criminal law and customary law as local wisdom. This study uses a normative approach with secondary data support with the specification that the confiscation of corruptor's property in Islamic criminal law is divided into: Reproaches and reprimands/warnings, dismissing from his position (al-azl min al-wadzifah), by beating (whipping), punishment in the form of property (fines) and physical punishment, exile, crucifixion, death penalty. The relevance between these concepts is a form of legitimacy for the legal significance that comes from the beliefs and needs of the community. This article raises the concept of positive law with concepts in Islamic criminal law to find the relevance of the two which will later become part of the effort to function Islamic criminal law into Indonesian positive law in order to achieve the goal of a fair law and reduce corruption.

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“…The presence of ethical leadership has become a filter within government and also a factor in achieving organisational goals as well as employee trust and work engagement (Koay and Lim, 2022; Rechberg and Syed, 2013). However, in developing countries such as Indonesia, progress in fighting corruption has been slow (Quah, 2020; Rustiarini et al ., 2021). As of 2022, Indonesia's Corruption Perception Index (CPI) score is 34/100 and ranks 110/180 in the world.…”

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The role of ethical leadership to employees work engagement: a social learning theory perspective

Junaidi

2023

IJSE

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PurposeThis study examines the role of ethical leadership in building employee trust, knowledge sharing (KS), job satisfaction and then influencing employee engagement in the workplace.Design/methodology/approachThe sample included 610 employees of Indonesia Islamic Bank, obtained through an online survey. Structural equation modelling was used to test the research hypotheses.FindingsEthical leadership actively contributes to the growth of employee trust, exchange knowledge frequent and job satisfaction and then become key points to enhance employees’ engagement.Research limitations/implicationsFuture research is required to validate across regions and organisations to in light of the findings of the topic study.Practical implicationsOrganisational leaders and employees obtain a better understanding of ethics and organisation management field, hence employees and leaders must encourage ethical values as code of conduct in the workplace.Originality/valueThis study demonstrated the extent of the Khan concept for a combination of employee engagement, ethical leadership and KS. It also incorporates employee job satisfaction and the organisational engagement among employees.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-03-2023-0218

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Corruption scandals in six Asian countries: a comparative analysis

Cited by 9 publications

References 15 publications

Leadership and culture in combating corruption: a comparative analysis

Leadership and culture in combating corruption: a comparative analysis

Islamic Criminal Law Study on The Seizure of Corruptor Assets as an Indonesian's Criminal Sanction in The Future

The role of ethical leadership to employees work engagement: a social learning theory perspective

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