A la suite du scandale de corruption à grande échelle autour des Jeux du Commonwealth à New Delhi, le succès exceptionnel d’Anna Hazare, militant gandhien de la lutte anticorruption, montre que les Indiens peuvent à nouveau retrouver leur fierté, écrit Ravindra Rao.

Después de la vergüenza de la corrupción de alto nivel en torno a los Juegos de la Commonwealth en Nueva Delhi, el notable éxito de Anna Hazare, activista gandhiano contra la corrupción, significa que los indios pueden volver a sentirse orgullosos, escribe Ravindra Rao.

After the shame of high-level corruption around the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, the remarkable success of Gandhian anti-graft campaigner Anna Hazare means that Indians can once again be proud, writes Ravindra Rao.

„Wo stehen wir in Sachen Korruption?“ war das Thema, das an einer von Initiativen der Veränderung organisierten Veranstaltung am 9. Februar in der burundischen Hauptstadt Bujumbura im Zentrum stand. Vor rund 25 VertreterInnen von Politik, Medien und Zivilgesellschaft zogen der Vorsitzende der Kommission gegen Korruption („Brigade spéciale anti-corruption BSAC“) und der Direktor der Organisation für die Bekämpfung der Korruption („Organisation de lutte contre la corruption OLUCOM“) Bilanz über die ersten Monate ihrer Arbeit.

« Où en sommes nous avec la corruption ? » tel était le thème traité lors du café politique organisé par l'équipe d'Initiatives et Changement (I&C) le 9 février dernier à Bujumbura, capitale du Burundi. Devant quelques 25 participants de divers partis politiques, des médias et de la société civile, le commissaire général chargé de la Brigade spéciale anti-corruption (BSAC) et le secrétaire de l’Organisation de Lutte contre la Corruption (OLUCOM) ont dressé le bilan déjà significatif des premiers mois de leur travail.

Agora, no curso da crise financeira global, esse pode ser o momento para que empresários e líderes políticos que têm paixão pela integridade assumam o desafio de mudar em uma escala global o ambiente moral em que os negócios estão sendo conduzidos.

Noorullah Delawari, an Afghani American who is founder and CEO of the Afghan Investment Support Agency, as well as Minister Adviser to President Karzai, says his long connection with Initiatives of Change helped him to take responsibility for his country—including the enormous task of restoring stability to the currency. He told his story to an Initiatives of Change meeting in McLean, Virginia, in October.

Ahora, tras la crisis financiera mundial, este podría ser el momento para que líderes empresarios y políticos, que tengan una pasión por la integridad, acepten el reto de cambiar, en una escala mundial, el ambiente moral en el que se llevan a cabo los negocios.

Our analysis shows that $850 billion to $1 trillion a year of illicit money passes out of developing countries, through the shadow financial system, and into industrial countries. This is the most damaging economic condition hurting the global poor. G20 leaders need to refocus on changing the culture of opacity embodied in the global shadow financial system in order to curtail the flow of illicit money across borders. Several measures can achieve this end—automatic exchange of tax information, beneficial ownership, harmonizing predicate offenses, and country-by-country reporting.

Now in the wake of global financial crisis may be the time for business and political leaders, who have a passion for integrity, to take up the challenge of changing on a global scale the moral environment in which business is conducted.