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Mariano Mosquera: Preventing Corruption

Mariano Mosquera, is an Edmond J. Safra Network Fellow at Harvard University and Postdoctoral Fellow of the National University of Cordoba. He is a professor of Ethics and Access to Public Information of the National University of Córdoba and professor of Public Policy at the Catholic University of Cordoba.

Key Points

• Different places in the world have different concepts of corruption.
• A lot of corruption is created by poorly conceived or implemented laws.
• Some actions may be legal but should be still be considered institutional corruption.
• Just trying to catch corrupt individuals doesn’t work; we need to change the rules that incentivize or allow corruption.
• If you can anticipate corruption you can help prevent it.
• Rather than immediately reporting corruption, sometimes it’s better to simply steer the conversation another way.

Resources Mentioned

• Mariano Mosquera’s website
• Harvard articles by Mariano Mosquera

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