Swardt, Cobus de2019-09-252019-09-252011-04-0820050745323979http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/177682"Corruption poses a threat to the development and internal stability of countries the world over. Although each country faces its unique combination of challenges, corruption is observed across the globe wherever there is a lack of transparency. The country reports in the Global Corruption Report 2005 illustrate the wide scope of recent corruption scandals: electoral irregularities in Panama; police corruption in Cameroon; allegations of bribes to build a German soccer stadium; the Yukos affair in Russia; and allegations against the judiciary in Sri Lanka. There are examples of corruption from numerous sectors of the economy, including public works and construction, health care, banking, and oil and gas. Public contracting remains particularly vulnerable to corruption, as seen in examples from Burkina Faso, Canada, the Czech Republic and Poland."(pg 93)Pages: 5engWith permission of the license/copyright holderPoliticsPolitical ethicsGovernance and ethicsBook chapter