Integrity in Brief

CAPI connects practitioners and scholars in the public integrity field and helps ensure their valuable work reaches a broader audience. To that end, we are proud to present our series of practice-oriented briefs authored by industry leaders. If you have any work you would like to submit, please contact us here.

A Diagnostic of Urban Corruption in Mexico - By Paul Lagunes Ph.D., CAPI Advisory Board Member; Ana Grajales, Tomas Nazal

Funding Integrity: Comparing Inspector General Funding Approaches - By CAPI (April 2018)

Seven Additional Principals of Highly Effective Inspectors General - By Glenn Fine, performing the duties of the Acting Inspector General of the United States Department of Defense (February 2018)

Ethical Issues in the Trump Era - By CAPI (December 2017) 

Challenges Facing New Oversight Bodies - By CAPI (August 2017) 

Enforcement Challenges and Victories - By CAPI (July 2017) 

Transparency Trends around the World - By CAPI (July 2017) 

Sports Corruption: The History and Challenges of Anti-Doping Regimes in the U.S. and Abroad- By CAPI (July 2017) 

Data Analytics, The Next Frontier: Taking a Byte Out of Corruption - By CAPI (July 2017) 

Balancing Integrity with Privacy Interests: Fighting Cyber-Corruption with Background Checks - By Robin J. Kempf and Chelsea Binns (July 2017)

Innovations in Oversight: Cities' Proactive Approaches to Fighting Corruption - By CAPI (July 2017) 

Installing a Moral Learning Process: Integity Beyond Traditional Ethics Training - By Julien Topal, Consultant and Trainer with Governance and Integrity (June 2017)  

Seven Principles of Highly Effective Inspectors General - By Glenn Fine, Acting Inspector General of the United States Department of Defense (May 2017)

The Maritime Anti-Corruption Network: A Model for Public-Private Cooperation Against Graft - By Alison Taylor and Martin Benderson, Business for Social Responsibility (January 2017)

New York State's Innovative New Program for Risk Management: Bringing Leading Private Sector Practice to Government - By the Office of New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo (September 2016)

The Integrity Monitor Program: The Role of the Private Sector in City Contract Oversight - By the New York City Department of Investigation (September 2016)

An Honest Day's Work: Regulating State Lawmakers' Outside Income - By CAPI (September 2016)

An Overview of State and Local Anti-Corruption Oversight in the United States - By CAPI (August 2016)

Strategies for Increasing and Improving Public Corruption Prosecutions: The Task Force Model - By CAPI (August 2016)

What is Asset Tracing? A Primer on "Following the Money" for Integrity Practitioners and Policymakers - By CAPI (August 2016)

Mexico City's Citizen Comptroller Program - By Patricio Martínez Llompart, JD Candidate at Columbia Law School, former New York City Urban Fellow and advisor to the Governor of Puerto Rico (August 2016)

Ingredients for an Effective Public Ethics Training Program - By Sabine Romero at the City of Austin, Texas' Office of Innovation and Alicia Olmstead, Senior Ethics Program Advisor at USAA (August 2016)

How to Craft a Powerful Annual Report - By Amy Kurland, Inspector General of the City of Philadelphia (May 2016)

What do Corrupt Firms Have in Common? Red Flags of Corruption in Organizational Culture - By Alison Taylor, Director of the Energy and Extractives Practice, Business for Social Responsibility (April 2016)

​Our Integrity in Brief series is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not represent the views of the author’s organization or affiliations, the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity, Columbia Law School, or the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.