The question of how best to promote integrity in British public life is one which continues to challenge our democracy. How do we identify, promulgate and enforce high standards across the public sector, broadly defined? How do changes to the …
There is a worrying increase in the frequency and scale of corruption in sport. Kickbacks, bribes, or plain cheating - corruption now seems to permeate all manner and all levels of sport, national and international, from football and cricket to …
What is an ethical regulator? The Nolan Principles provide a good starting point: ethical regulators are those that uphold and enact the values of selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership. There has been considerable academic and policy focus, …
This week the House of Lords debated the impact of the government’s proposed change to the political levy of trades unions which would require members to ‘opt in’ rather than, at present ‘opt out’. The Committee has some history here. …
