How to combat corruption: Assessing anti-corruption measures from a civil servant's perspective

Halduskultuur

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-146

  Johannsen, Lars ^a   Pedersen, Karin Hilmer ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anti corruption; Detection; Ethical training; Public administration; Punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873833865     PISSN: 17366070     EISSN: 17366089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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