51 | Corruption
Which social arrangements have a history of fostering progress and prosperity?
The World Chess Federation (FIDE) announced Saturday that it caught chess grandmaster Igors Rausis cheating during a tournament in France. According to ESPN.com, the FIDE noted that Rausis was "caught red-handed using his phone during a game."
This article, from Transparency International, provides information on 25 major scandals that inspired widespread condemnation.
Twenty-five years ago, when Transparency International was founded, corruption was seen as the necessary price of doing business and something so deeply ingrained that exposing and fighting it was regarded as futile and even harmful.
The World Chess Federation (FIDE) announced Saturday that it caught chess grandmaster Igors Rausis cheating during a tournament in France. According to ESPN.com, the FIDE noted that Rausis was "caught red-handed using his phone during a game."
This article, from Transparency International, provides information on 25 major scandals that inspired widespread condemnation.
Twenty-five years ago, when Transparency International was founded, corruption was seen as the necessary price of doing business and something so deeply ingrained that exposing and fighting it was regarded as futile and even harmful.
“THE UN needs a good smack in the face,” fumed one city councillor
From villages in rural India to the corridors of power in Brussels, Transparency International gives voice to the victims and witnesses of corruption. We work together with governments, businesses and citizens to stop the abuse of power, bribery and secret deals. As a global movement with one vision, we want a world free of corruption. Through chapters in more than 100 countries and an international secretariat in Berlin, we are leading the fight against corruption to turn this vision into reality.
CNN Retrospective on the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster.
A look at CNN's live broadcast of the Challenger shuttle launch on January 28, 1986. Seven crew members died in the explosion, including Christa McAuliffe, who would have been the first teacher in space.