Anti-corruption commissions: lessons for the Asia-Pacific region from a proposed Australian federal anti-corruption watchdog

Rama, MD; Lester, M

Anti-corruption commissions: lessons for the Asia-Pacific region from a proposed Australian federal anti-corruption watchdog

Rama, MD

Lester, M

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Asia Pacific Business Review, 2019, 25 (4), pp. 571 - 599
Issue Date:: 2019-08-08

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dc.contributor.author	Rama, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7879-4750	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Lester, M	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-10-05T18:03:19Z
dc.date.issued	2019-08-08	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Asia Pacific Business Review, 2019, 25 (4), pp. 571 - 599	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1360-2381	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/132039
dc.description.abstract	© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper reviews the experience of anti-corruption commissions in the region and argues that the debate on the establishment of a national anti-corruption body in Australia is dependent on the country’s political culture, institutions and elites. Corruption and integrity coexist and are conceived as the obverse and converse, respectively, of a functional and dysfunctional system. Anti-corruption bodies in the Asia-Pacific region are compared against applicable global anti-corruption frameworks, policies and principles. The paper proposes a conceptual model for a National Integrity Ecosystem (NIE), premised on community values and trust and situates the Australian experience within such an ecosystem. A federal anti-corruption watchdog is the missing piece in Australia’s institutional infrastructure. Its acceptance and effectiveness require difficult and sustained change in the underlying political culture of the country and its elites.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Asia Pacific Business Review	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/13602381.2019.1589971	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	Business & Management	en_US
dc.title	Anti-corruption commissions: lessons for the Asia-Pacific region from a proposed Australian federal anti-corruption watchdog	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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Abstract:

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper reviews the experience of anti-corruption commissions in the region and argues that the debate on the establishment of a national anti-corruption body in Australia is dependent on the country’s political culture, institutions and elites. Corruption and integrity coexist and are conceived as the obverse and converse, respectively, of a functional and dysfunctional system. Anti-corruption bodies in the Asia-Pacific region are compared against applicable global anti-corruption frameworks, policies and principles. The paper proposes a conceptual model for a National Integrity Ecosystem (NIE), premised on community values and trust and situates the Australian experience within such an ecosystem. A federal anti-corruption watchdog is the missing piece in Australia’s institutional infrastructure. Its acceptance and effectiveness require difficult and sustained change in the underlying political culture of the country and its elites.

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