Investigating corruption : a do-it-yourself guide / edited by Sheila S. Coronel and Lorna Kalaw-Tirol

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Manila : Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, ©2002Description: xii, 332 pages : illustrationsISBN:
  • 9718686363
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.132309599
Contents:
CHAPTER 1
DEFINING CORRUPTION
Meanings, Types, and Consequences
The problem with definitions
What the laws say
Types of corruption
Consequences of corruption
CHAPTER 2
DETECTING AND DOCUMENTING CORRUPTION
An Overview of Investigative Techniques and Strategies
Investigating petty coruption
Digging deeper: what to look for when going for the big time
Off the beaten track: going beyond the obvious
Investigating the consequences of corruption
CHAPTER 3
INVESTIGATING OFFICIALS
Checking Assets, Lifestyles, Behavior, and Conflicts of Interest
Check lifestyles
Look for assets
examine conflicts of interest
Look for patterns
Investigate the public behavior of officials and lapses in codes of conduct
Investigate friends, relatives, and cronies
Investigate intermediaries
CHAPTER 4
THE PEOPLE AND PAPER TRAIL
A Guide to Human Sources and Documents
Human sources: whom to interview
The paper trail:what documents to look for
Asserting the Right to Public Records
Where to get documents
CHAPTER 5
MEASURING GOVERNANCE AND CORRUPTION
Quantifying the Scale and Impact of Wrongdoing
But it can be done
Measuring the impact of corruption on economic development
Measuring public opinion
Measuring experience
Filipino report cards
Surveying surveys and going gross-country
D.I.Y (Do-it-yourself) surveys
Designing the survey
Using focus-group discussion
Going to the field
Following public spending
Looking at hard data
Scanning the news
Checking lifestyles
Getting anecdotes
CHAPTER 6
INVESTIGATING PROCUREMENT
How to Keep Track of What the Governments Buys
Where to start
The procurement process
Purchases by the national government
Public bidding
Beyond public biddings
Purchases by local goverments
Red flags
More red flags
Following the trails
What else to look at
Working for reforms
CHAPTER 7
INVESTIGATING THE COURTS
A Guide to the Cracks in the Justice System
Of salaries and scruples
Starting with the basics
The institution
The courts
The case paths
A few more basics
The dark side of the courts
Corruption's many mutations
Policing the police
D.I.Y investigations
Some legal look outs
CHAPTER 8
INVESTIGATING THE ENVIRONMENT
Trawling for Violations in a Sea of Rules
Governments hold the key
Go to the field
Establish cause and effect
Guide Questions for Investigating the Environment
CHAPTER 9
COMBATING CORRUPTION
How Government Fights Malfeasance
The office of the Ombudsman
The Sandiganbayan
Casein the Regular Courts: Coordination between the Ombudsman and the Department of Justice
The Civil Service Commission
Presidential Anti-graft Commission
The Commission on Audit
Inter-Agency Anti-Graft Coordinating Council (IAAGCC)
Legislative Oversight Function
National Police Commission (Napolcom)
The Armed Forces of the Philippines
The Judiciary
Impeachment
CHAPTER 10
GRAFTBUSTERS
Citizens Take Up the Challenge
Citizens collaborating with government
Research and Survey Groups
Sectoral groups
Multilateral Donor Agencies
Networks and Alliances
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Includes bibliographical references.

CHAPTER 1

DEFINING CORRUPTION

Meanings, Types, and Consequences

The problem with definitions

What the laws say

Types of corruption

Consequences of corruption

CHAPTER 2

DETECTING AND DOCUMENTING CORRUPTION

An Overview of Investigative Techniques and Strategies

Investigating petty coruption

Digging deeper: what to look for when going for the big time

Off the beaten track: going beyond the obvious

Investigating the consequences of corruption

CHAPTER 3

INVESTIGATING OFFICIALS

Checking Assets, Lifestyles, Behavior, and Conflicts of Interest

Check lifestyles

Look for assets

examine conflicts of interest

Look for patterns

Investigate the public behavior of officials and lapses in codes of conduct

Investigate friends, relatives, and cronies

Investigate intermediaries

CHAPTER 4

THE PEOPLE AND PAPER TRAIL

A Guide to Human Sources and Documents

Human sources: whom to interview

The paper trail:what documents to look for

Asserting the Right to Public Records

Where to get documents

CHAPTER 5

MEASURING GOVERNANCE AND CORRUPTION

Quantifying the Scale and Impact of Wrongdoing

But it can be done

Measuring the impact of corruption on economic development

Measuring public opinion

Measuring experience

Filipino report cards

Surveying surveys and going gross-country

D.I.Y (Do-it-yourself) surveys

Designing the survey

Using focus-group discussion

Going to the field

Following public spending

Looking at hard data

Scanning the news

Checking lifestyles

Getting anecdotes

CHAPTER 6

INVESTIGATING PROCUREMENT

How to Keep Track of What the Governments Buys

Where to start

The procurement process

Purchases by the national government

Public bidding

Beyond public biddings

Purchases by local goverments

Red flags

More red flags

Following the trails

What else to look at

Working for reforms

CHAPTER 7

INVESTIGATING THE COURTS

A Guide to the Cracks in the Justice System

Of salaries and scruples

Starting with the basics

The institution

The courts

The case paths

A few more basics

The dark side of the courts

Corruption's many mutations

Policing the police

D.I.Y investigations

Some legal look outs

CHAPTER 8

INVESTIGATING THE ENVIRONMENT

Trawling for Violations in a Sea of Rules

Governments hold the key

Go to the field

Establish cause and effect

Guide Questions for Investigating the Environment

CHAPTER 9

COMBATING CORRUPTION

How Government Fights Malfeasance

The office of the Ombudsman

The Sandiganbayan

Casein the Regular Courts: Coordination between the Ombudsman and the Department of Justice

The Civil Service Commission

Presidential Anti-graft Commission

The Commission on Audit

Inter-Agency Anti-Graft Coordinating Council (IAAGCC)

Legislative Oversight Function

National Police Commission (Napolcom)

The Armed Forces of the Philippines

The Judiciary

Impeachment

CHAPTER 10

GRAFTBUSTERS

Citizens Take Up the Challenge

Citizens collaborating with government

Research and Survey Groups

Sectoral groups

Multilateral Donor Agencies

Networks and Alliances

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