Preventing Corruption

Brooks, Graham; Walsh, John E.; Lewis, Chris; Hakkyong, Kim

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“…Furthermore, some of these are instrumental factors while others are expressive and emotional. It is difficult to know when, or if what factors are responsible for acts of fraud, as they are multi-layered and complex (Brooks, Walsh, Lewis, & Kim, 2013). In the cases of ‘cash-for-crash’, however, it is this last ‘factor’ of pressure from family and friends that played a part in some people’s involvement in ‘cash-for crash’.It was actually a cousin of mine whose actually car was being hit, and he actually rang me up, saying to me, ‘Oh can you come down and…can you come to Manchester, and I’ll put you as the person in the car, and I’ll give you so much money out of it.’ And that was it.…”

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“…However, this association fails to explain how and why people do not engage in systematic fraud and reject the offer to engage in crime that Razi and others were unable to. In fact, Braithwaite (1985) denounced differential association as a platitudinous attempt to explain organisational crime in particular (Brooks et al., 2013) and of limited value.…”

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Just about everybody doing the business? Explaining ‘cash-for-crash’ insurance fraud in the United Kingdom

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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology

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There is much international research on the different types of fraud committed by individuals and/or organised crime. There is, however, limited research on insurance fraud and a particular species of such fraud which has become known as 'cash-for-crash' fraud in the United Kingdom. In addition, there are very few published studies of fraudsters which actually draw upon interviews with them. This article bridges both of these gaps providing a focus upon 'cash-for-crash' fraudsters which is based upon empirical research drawn from six interviews with such offenders and a database of over 400 offenders built upon successful prosecutions of such cases in the United Kingdom. This article offers a profile of such offenders and presents insights into why and how some people might become involved in 'cash-for-crash' type frauds.

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“…El presente estudio estaría enmarcado dentro de los estudios cuantitativos, que miden expectativas o conducta esperada y hacen una evaluación comprensiva y matizada de la corrupción en contextos específicos y enfocado desde un punto de vista general que trasciende los contextos de las naciones, que según Brooks et al, (2013), es la forma como debe estudiarse la corrupción; sin embargo, está al mismo tiempo en consonancia con las críticas realizadas a los sistemas enfocados en medir los índices de percepción de la corrupción (Anderson & Heywood, 2009) y no las expectativas acerca del propio comportamiento corrupto.…”

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Validación de un instrumento para medir el desarrollo moral en el contexto de situaciones relacionadas con la corrupción

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Objetivo: Este artículo presenta la validación de una adaptación del Defining Issues Test, versión corta(DIT-SF) para medir el desarrollo moral en torno a la corrupción. Método: La muestra fue de 232 estudiantes universitarios de varias profesiones y niveles con edadescomprendidas entre los 15 y 33 años de ambos géneros. El instrumento validado (DIT-C) tiene 3 subescalasdonde cada una corresponde con un dilema y unos ítems asociados de la cual se obtiene una puntuación. Resultados: 1. Existen correlaciones significativas entre las 3 subescalas del DIT-C. 2. Todas las subescalasexplican un porcentaje de la varianza y, 3. La validación externa con otro instrumento de desarrollo moralpresentó correlaciones estadísticamente significativas. El alfa de Cronbach fue de 0.809. Conclusiones: el DIT-C es un instrumento para medir la expectativa individual propia de la corrupción quecumple con varias de las condiciones mínimas de confiabilidad y validez para medir el desarrollo moral entorno a la corrupción.

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“…Indeed, even widely regarded reference points for measuring the scale of the problem, such as the Corruption Perception Index, published by Transparency International, has been criticised for an over focus on perceptions (Zaman and Faiz-Ur-Rahim, 2009, pp. 120-122; for a fuller discussion of the limitations see Brooks et al , 2013).…”

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Tackling bribery and corruption in the Middle East: perspectives from the front line

Goldstraw-White¹,

Gill

2016

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Purpose The aim of this paper is to see how senior managers in Middle East, an area frequently associated with high levels of bribery and corruption, tackle these in their organisations. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative approach was employed, using interviews with 66 employees responsible for bribery and corruption management in their organisations. The research instrument used included both open and closed questions which allowed participants to expand on their answers. Qualitative data and some descriptive statistics are used to analyse and summarise interview findings. Findings Over the past few decades, governments have tried to control bribery and corruption via legislation. However, this is a contested area and many argue that legislation is an inappropriate mechanism. This paper assesses the implications in one geographical area, the Middle East. As well as exploring current approaches for tackling corruption, it discusses how culture and tradition affect organisational practices. We show that whereas the majority of organisations have been committed to stamping out bribery and corruption, some have been willing to tolerate such illegal behaviours. Originality/value This paper informs academics, policy-makers and those responsible for managing bribery and corruption about the challenges faced by those in the Middle East.

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Preventing Corruption

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Just about everybody doing the business? Explaining ‘cash-for-crash’ insurance fraud in the United Kingdom

Just about everybody doing the business? Explaining ‘cash-for-crash’ insurance fraud in the United Kingdom

Validación de un instrumento para medir el desarrollo moral en el contexto de situaciones relacionadas con la corrupción

Tackling bribery and corruption in the Middle East: perspectives from the front line

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