How can senior policymakers use data in the design of ethics (anti-corruption) related legislatio... more How can senior policymakers use data in the design of ethics (anti-corruption) related legislation and regulations? In this paper, we describe how to draft subsidiary legislation (mainly executive agency regulations) based on explicit or implied competencies given by national legislation. We then discuss how to conduct the organisational, legal, economic and audit analysis needed to allocate ethics-related rights and obligations across-government and within the Agency. We illustrate with an example from Romania and use the tools we have presented to make recommendations for Hungary. We describe the roles that the human resource managers and internal auditors play in implementing the provisions of Agency-level ethics-related regulations. We conclude by encouraging policy makers to make greater use of ethics-related regulations.
How can senior policymakers use data in the design of ethics (anti-corruption) related legislatio... more How can senior policymakers use data in the design of ethics (anti-corruption) related legislation and regulations? In this paper, we describe how to draft subsidiary legislation (mainly executive agency regulations) based on explicit or implied competencies given by national legislation. We then discuss how to conduct the organisational, legal, economic and audit analysis needed to allocate ethics-related rights and obligations across-government and within the Agency. We illustrate with an example from Romania and use the tools we have presented to make recommendations for Hungary. We describe the roles that the human resource managers and internal auditors play in implementing the provisions of Agency-level ethics-related regulations. We conclude by encouraging policy makers to make greater use of ethics-related regulations.
How can senior policymakers use data in the design of ethics (anti-corruption) related legislatio... more How can senior policymakers use data in the design of ethics (anti-corruption) related legislation and regulations? In this paper, we describe how to draft subsidiary legislation (mainly executive agency regulations) based on explicit or implied competencies given by national legislation. We then discuss how to conduct the organisational, legal, economic and audit analysis needed to allocate ethics-related rights and obligations across-government and within the Agency. We illustrate with an example from Romania and use the tools we have presented to make recommendations for Hungary. We describe the roles that the human resource managers and internal auditors play in implementing the provisions of Agency-level ethics-related regulations. We conclude by encouraging policy makers to make greater use of ethics-related regulations.
The prosecution of high profile multi-national corporations (MNCs) over the past decade for bribe... more The prosecution of high profile multi-national corporations (MNCs) over the past decade for bribery of public officials has raised the need for drafting ethics-related administrative law. The negative impact of corruption on the infrastructure has been well discussed over the years resulting in the formulation of a number of anti-corruption conventions. Chief amongst them are the OECD Convention on Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, 1997 and the United Nations Convention against Corruption, 2003. The latter, alongside criminalization, promotes a number of preventive measures to combat corruption. Amongst these are codes ofconduct for public administration. So, how should countries draft ethicsrelated administrative law? Should such law be driven purely by normative ethics based on how one ought to act? Or, should we take into account empirical data in drafting ethics-related administrative law? A related question is who should oversee these e...
The 1999 OECD Convention on the Bribery of Foreign Officials in International Business Transactio... more The 1999 OECD Convention on the Bribery of Foreign Officials in International Business Transactions (Anti-Bribery Convention) represented a leap forward in international cooperation to fight corruption.
The greater Central Asia region, including Afghanistan, was thrust onto the international stage d... more The greater Central Asia region, including Afghanistan, was thrust onto the international stage during the last decade. The Central Asia region is becoming one of the world's most important sources of hydrocarbons and other extractive resources. As of yet, the region's states have been unable to make a successful transition to democratic, market-based governance and to provide the majority of their citizens with security, stability and development. Fifteen years after independence, there still is a need for a comprehensive approach to increasing transparency and accountability in the region, in order for its countries to become stable and prosperous.
• Senior-level (25+ years) anti-corruption and governance expert working with governmental, non-g... more • Senior-level (25+ years) anti-corruption and governance expert working with governmental, non-governmental, subnational and international agencies. • Experienced Team Leader for EU, World Bank and ADB projects as well as Chief of Party for USAID. • Long-term experience in assessing and capacity building of state; judiciary; law enforcement agencies and civil society organisations to enhance integrity. • Strategic designer of action plans for anti-corruption measures for national, sub-national (local) governments. • Designer and implementer of anti-corruption/governance diagnostics especially corruption risk assessments.
How can senior policymakers use data in the design of ethics (anti-corruption) related legislatio... more How can senior policymakers use data in the design of ethics (anti-corruption) related legislation and regulations? In this paper, we describe how to draft subsidiary legislation (mainly executive agency regulations) based on explicit or implied competencies given by national legislation. We then discuss how to conduct the organisational, legal, economic and audit analysis needed to allocate ethics-related rights and obligations across-government and within the Agency. We illustrate with an example from Romania and use the tools we have presented to make recommendations for Hungary. We describe the roles that the human resource managers and internal auditors play in implementing the provisions of Agency-level ethics-related regulations. We conclude by encouraging policy makers to make greater use of ethics-related regulations.
How can senior policymakers use data in the design of ethics (anti-corruption) related legislatio... more How can senior policymakers use data in the design of ethics (anti-corruption) related legislation and regulations? In this paper, we describe how to draft subsidiary legislation (mainly executive agency regulations) based on explicit or implied competencies given by national legislation. We then discuss how to conduct the organisational, legal, economic and audit analysis needed to allocate ethics-related rights and obligations across-government and within the Agency. We illustrate with an example from Romania and use the tools we have presented to make recommendations for Hungary. We describe the roles that the human resource managers and internal auditors play in implementing the provisions of Agency-level ethics-related regulations. We conclude by encouraging policy makers to make greater use of ethics-related regulations.
How can senior policymakers use data in the design of ethics (anti-corruption) related legislatio... more How can senior policymakers use data in the design of ethics (anti-corruption) related legislation and regulations? In this paper, we describe how to draft subsidiary legislation (mainly executive agency regulations) based on explicit or implied competencies given by national legislation. We then discuss how to conduct the organisational, legal, economic and audit analysis needed to allocate ethics-related rights and obligations across-government and within the Agency. We illustrate with an example from Romania and use the tools we have presented to make recommendations for Hungary. We describe the roles that the human resource managers and internal auditors play in implementing the provisions of Agency-level ethics-related regulations. We conclude by encouraging policy makers to make greater use of ethics-related regulations.
The prosecution of high profile multi-national corporations (MNCs) over the past decade for bribe... more The prosecution of high profile multi-national corporations (MNCs) over the past decade for bribery of public officials has raised the need for drafting ethics-related administrative law. The negative impact of corruption on the infrastructure has been well discussed over the years resulting in the formulation of a number of anti-corruption conventions. Chief amongst them are the OECD Convention on Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, 1997 and the United Nations Convention against Corruption, 2003. The latter, alongside criminalization, promotes a number of preventive measures to combat corruption. Amongst these are codes ofconduct for public administration. So, how should countries draft ethicsrelated administrative law? Should such law be driven purely by normative ethics based on how one ought to act? Or, should we take into account empirical data in drafting ethics-related administrative law? A related question is who should oversee these e...
The 1999 OECD Convention on the Bribery of Foreign Officials in International Business Transactio... more The 1999 OECD Convention on the Bribery of Foreign Officials in International Business Transactions (Anti-Bribery Convention) represented a leap forward in international cooperation to fight corruption.
The greater Central Asia region, including Afghanistan, was thrust onto the international stage d... more The greater Central Asia region, including Afghanistan, was thrust onto the international stage during the last decade. The Central Asia region is becoming one of the world's most important sources of hydrocarbons and other extractive resources. As of yet, the region's states have been unable to make a successful transition to democratic, market-based governance and to provide the majority of their citizens with security, stability and development. Fifteen years after independence, there still is a need for a comprehensive approach to increasing transparency and accountability in the region, in order for its countries to become stable and prosperous.
• Senior-level (25+ years) anti-corruption and governance expert working with governmental, non-g... more • Senior-level (25+ years) anti-corruption and governance expert working with governmental, non-governmental, subnational and international agencies. • Experienced Team Leader for EU, World Bank and ADB projects as well as Chief of Party for USAID. • Long-term experience in assessing and capacity building of state; judiciary; law enforcement agencies and civil society organisations to enhance integrity. • Strategic designer of action plans for anti-corruption measures for national, sub-national (local) governments. • Designer and implementer of anti-corruption/governance diagnostics especially corruption risk assessments.
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