Learning Objectives

Can education and enforcement end corruption?

After studying this unit, you should be able to:

• Understand effective corruption prevention methods;

• Be familiar with the pillars of good governance;

• Understand the role of education in corruption prevention.

Introduction

How can responses to corruption bring about meaningful change? How do you motivate and teach people to fight against corruption? How do you make sure that public money goes towards the public good and assure that there are not opportunities for corruption to occur? Who are the stakeholders and what role do they play in the corruption response? This and the following three units consider appropriate responses to help curb corruption, with a particular emphasis on the role of parliamentarians. This unit looks to prevention and education for providing the foundation to corruption prevention and governance building. The next units describe how to improve civil society involvement and the impact that this involvement can have on further corruption prevention, the necessity of a political commitment through such means as new laws and better internal enforcement mechanisms, and the importance of a free and open media.