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Inclusive Evaluations: Guidance Note for Evaluators

Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (2023), iv, 29 pp.

Integridad y ética de los medios de comunicación

Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (2019), 30 pp.

"El módulo explora la importancia crítica de la ética para medios tradicionales, como el periodismo, y para medios modernos, como las redes sociales. La presencia de las redes sociales y las noticias digitales ha aumentado la responsabilidad ética de la gente que opera en este campo, especialmen ... more

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Study on the Effects of New Information Technologies on the Abuse and Exploitation of Children

Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (2015), xi, 60 pp.

"In enhancing the fight against ICT-facilitated child abuse and exploitation, governments and national authorities may focus on a child protection approach that fully respects human rights; on ensuring that legislation keeps pace with technological innovation; on recruiting, training and maintaining ... more

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Reporting on Corruption: A Resource Tool for Governments and Journalists

United Nations Convention against Corruption

Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (2013), 117 pp.

"This Tool is not a true how-to manual, although it offers detailed suggestions from leading journalists on innovative ways to use a vast and growing trove of public records and independent media networks. The flood of information in today’s inter-connected world creates an opportunity for journal ... more

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Building Public Support for Anti-Corruption Efforts: Why Anti-Corruption Agencies Need to Communicate and How
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Elaine Byrne, Anne-Katrin Arnold, Fumiko Nagano

Washington, DC: Communication for Governance and Accountability Program (CommGAP) World Bank; United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (2010), 63 pp.

"This paper provides a practical overview of how an agency may work with the media to win the support of the public in the fight against corruption. The first part explains why anti-corruption agencies need to take the media particularly seriously, how the media communicate, and what effects they ha ... ve on the public. Case studies illustrate all of these points—showing, for instance, how the media can distort the reality of corruption by following their own preformed perceptions of a corruption case. Government agencies can set things straight only by providing sufficient and clear information, and by working closely with the media to ensure the message is accurate. The second part of the paper focuses on the role of public opinion in the fight against corruption. Public opinion can be a powerful tool in promoting an agency’s work—or in bringing about its downfall. If citizens misunderstand the issue, they are unlikely to support the fight against corruption. But if public opinion is in favor of an anti-corruption agency the people are able to change their country’s culture. The media can shape public opinion and, most of all, change norms about corruption. Here is an example: Communication campaigns can show that it not only is illegal to pay bribes to public officials, but also is immoral and does real harm to the community. This message can encourage the public to change the expectation of bribes and to resist demands for them—one more step in the fight against corruption. In India, for instance, anti-corruption efforts led to the printing of the “zero-rupee” note with a picture of Gandhi on its face. These notes were given to bribe seekers to shame them. In the context of public opinion, it also is important that anti-corruption agencies understand the role of journalism and the conditions under which journalists work. Their reporting directly influences the perceptions and opinions of the public. Because of economic and other pressures, journalists often tend to simplify or dramatize stories—and that can produce the wrong perceptions among their audiences. Again, this paper provides real-world stories that show the impact of journalism on public opinion." (Introduction, pages 1-3) more

Inclusive Evaluations: Guidance Note for Evaluators

Integridad y ética de los medios de comunicación

Study on the Effects of New Information Technologies on the Abuse and Exploitation of Children

Reporting on Corruption: A Resource Tool for Governments and Journalists

Building Public Support for Anti-Corruption Efforts: Why Anti-Corruption Agencies Need to Communicate and How Key Guidance

Building Public Support for Anti-Corruption Efforts: Why Anti-Corruption Agencies Need to Communicate and How
Key Guidance