Critical Perspectives on International Business: Volume 7 Issue 2

Critical perspectives on corruption: an overview

Ed Brown, Jonathan Cloke

This introductory paper aims to serve a dual purpose. First, it seeks to trace some of the key elements of this emerging agenda in critical corruption studies and the major…

Capitalism and transparency

Jonathan Murphy

The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the international NGO Transparency International's (TI) role in combating corruption, focusing particularly on TI's response to…

Numbers, words and KYC: Knowing Your Country and Knowing Your Corruption

Alan Doig

International business is under increasing legal pressure to ensure compliance with legal and other standards on corruption, and thus needs to undertake due diligence on…

Of legitimate and illegitimate corruption: Bankruptcies in Nicaragua

Jose Luis Rocha, Ed Brown, Jonathan Cloke

The concept of corruption is frequently represented as relating to social practices that violate established rules and norms. This paper, however, seeks to demonstrate that…

The looting continues: tax havens and corruption

John Christensen

The purpose of this paper is to consider the activities of tax havens in the global financial markets and explore their role in providing a supply‐side stimulant for corrupt…