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Implementing Corruption Prevention Strategies Through Codes Of Conduct, Mark Findlay, Andrew Stewart
Implementing Corruption Prevention Strategies Through Codes Of Conduct, Mark Findlay, Andrew Stewart
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
The concept of a code of conduct, as it appears in corruption prevention strategies, could be viewed as rather misleading. While dealing with conduct in some preferred or preemptive sense, these frameworks for "guidelines" bear little resemblance to prescriptive legal codes.
Corruption Control And Monstering: Government Agendas, Community Expectations And The Icac Solution, Mark Findlay
Corruption Control And Monstering: Government Agendas, Community Expectations And The Icac Solution, Mark Findlay
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
In 1818, the Governor of the Chinese province of Shansi reported the case of Chan Lin who, while gatekeeper for the district magistrate, maintained "external criminal connections". Using his position he endeavoured to get a money changer to accept for exchange more than 300 ounces of sub-standard silver. Upon being rebuffed he took steps to have the money changer locked up. The Board of Punishments (which was a senior court of appeal in China during that period) held that because the act differed in no way from extortion as practised by rapacious government underlings, it would be improper to show …