Adverse effects of corruption and how to combat it

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Last updated on June 20, 2025 2:53 pm

In this free course, learn about corruption’s negative consequences, the lack of a shared global definition, and how CSR and the OECD can help fight graft.

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This free course teaches you about the social, economic and political dimensions of institutional and economic corruption. You will learn how corrupt practices by corporations and politicians have serious adverse effects on society at local, national and international levels, often affecting the poor most severely. The material also covers how governments and international bodies try to fight corruption.

What You Will Learn In This Free Course

  • Identify the four main concerns abou…
  • Describe corruption in regards to hu…
  • Discuss the lack of a universal defi…
  • Describe the prevalence of corruptio…
  • Identify the four main concerns about corruption and its effects
  • Describe corruption in regards to human rights, gender equality, global security, climate change and environmental degradation
  • Discuss the lack of a universal definition of corruption
  • Describe the prevalence of corruption throughout society
  • Identify potential drivers of corruption
  • Identify the commonly cited indexes for measuring corruption
  • Discuss historic examples of corruption that lead to the creation of many anti-corruption laws
  • Explain the anti-corruption, practices and laws the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) convention established
  • Describe what institutional corruption is and the effects it can have
  • Explain what corporate social responsibility (CSR) involves
  • List the UN Global Compact’s 10 principles of CSR
  • Why Corruption Matters: The Adverse Effects of Corruption

    This module introduces you to the adverse effects of corruption in society, highlighting the four main concerns about corruption, the impact of corruption on human rights, gender equality, global security, and climate change. Along with the effects on sustainable development and the relationship between poverty and corruption.

    The Many Faces of Corruption

    This module discusses the main sides/faces of corruption in society, from the lack of an global or universal definition of corruption, Western definitions been imposed as law, to the different places and ways it takes place, along with the drivers of corruption.

    Perceptions and Measurements of Corruption

    In this module you will learn about how you can measure corruption, with commonly cited indexes for measuring corruption, and various issues in measuring and understanding corruption.; Module

    Historical Development of International Corruption Laws

    This module discusses the history behind the development of international corruption laws, from early records of corruption in ancient Egypt, to the The United Nations Convention Against Corruption.; Module

    Divergent Political And Economic Views On Corruption

    This module teaches you about different political views on corruption and what counts as corruption, corruption in an authority system and about a sociological perspective on corruption in an institutional setting.

    Corporate Social Responsibility And Corruption

    This module will teach you about what corporate social responsibility is, how it developed, how it can fight corruption. Along with lessons learned and to be learned in designing anti-corruption initiatives.; Module

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