“The Excuses We Make”: Defining Eight Corruption Rationalization Categories
ABSTRACT The rationalization of corruption allows individuals to detach from moral imperatives, enabling them to perceive unethical or unlawful actions as acceptable or justifiable. Closely linked to the concept of moral disengagement, rationalization involves cognitive distortions that frame inhumane or immoral behavior as neither wrong nor ...
Caio César Coelho Rodrigues
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Small language models applied in text summarization task of health-related news to improve public health audit: an experimental case study. [PDF]
Guimarães A +9 more
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ABSTRACT This article argues that if the aspiration is to enhance regulatory and governance responses to white‐collar and corporate crimes, consideration of the organization of these offending behaviors must be central to the scholarly, practice, and policy discussion.
Nicholas Lord, Michael Levi
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Explaining informal patient payments through gaps in governance - a comparative assessment of health system governance in three European countries. [PDF]
Tambor M +4 more
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ABSTRACT The 2023 European Union Regulation on Deforestation‐free Products (EUDR) is a transnational regulation aimed at addressing forest loss along the value chains of forest‐risk commodities. Grounding our analysis in new institutional theory with distinct behavioral drivers explaining actor behavior, and using qualitative methods, we draw on the ...
Mathias Cramm +11 more
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Research theme mapping and future directions on corruption and religion: a bibliometric analysis. [PDF]
Salahudin +6 more
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IMF Conditionality on Corruption: The Politics of Good Governance
ABSTRACT We offer a systematic analysis of IMF loan conditionality on corruption and argue that the Fund's pursuit of anti‐corruption measures is tempered by two political costs. First, because corruption is politically sensitive, the IMF risks destabilizing recipient governments and provoking crises.
Merih Angin +3 more
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The Legal Regulation of Cybercrimes related to Character Assassination under the Jordanian and French Legislation. [PDF]
Al-Rai A, Imad D, Khater M.
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ABSTRACT Deterrence theory underpins numerous anti‐corruption interventions. Yet, empirical evidence on its application to corruption remains limited. Existing studies rely mainly on laboratory experiments and focus on certainty and severity of punishment, leaving the role of celerity unexplored.
Eran Itskovich +4 more
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How happy is healthy enough? Uncovering the happiness threshold for global non-communicable disease prevention. [PDF]
Iuga IC, Jafri SR, Iuga H.
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