Corruption Social Sciences and the Law

<p>The problem of corruption however described dates back thousands of years. Professionals working in areas such as development studies economics and political studies were the first to most actively analyse and publish on the topic of corruption and its negative impacts on economies societies and politics. There was at that time minimal literature available on corruption and the law. </p><p></p><p>The literature and discussion on bribery and corruption as well as on the negative impact of each and what is required to address them particularly in the legal context are now considerable. Corruption and anti-corruption are multifaceted and multi-disciplinary. The focus now on the law and compliance and perhaps commercial incentives is relatively easy. However corruption anti-corruption and the motivations for them are complex. If we continue to discuss debate engage address corruption and anti-corruption in our own disciplinary silos we are unlikely to significantly progress the fight against corruption. What do terms such as 'culture of integrity' 'demand accountability' ‘transparency and accountability’ and ‘ethical corporate culture’ dominating the anti-corruption discourse mean if anything in other disciplines? If they are meaningless what approach would practitioners in those other disciplines suggest be adopted to address corruption. What has their experience been in the field? How can the work of each discipline contribute to the work of whole and as such improve our work in and understanding of anti-corruption? This book seeks to answer these questions and to understand the phenomenon more comprehensively. It will be of value to researchers academics lawyers legislators and students in the fields of law anthropology sociology international affairs and business.</p>