Why Corruption is the Largest Problem in the World (and how Ethics and Education are the paths Forward)
Discover how to combat corruption and support the achievement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 by using education and accountability to address unethical decision-making.
Jay Albanese, Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
Identification of the world's largest problems illustrates how corruption either created them or brought them to a crisis point. Corruption impacts every Sustainable Development Goal in the United Nations 2030 Agenda. The problem of unethical decision-making, as a precursor to corruption, is crucial to address, because it provides the path to appreciate that there is a greater purpose in life than self-interest. Ethics education, training, and accountability can reduce the pervasiveness of self-seeking conduct through recognition of ethical principles, and obligations to others, to reduce the number of motivated actors seeking unethical advantage through corrupt decisions both locally and globally. A path forward to achieve this objective was outlined.
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About the speaker
Jay Albanese, Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
Jay S. Albanese is professor in the Wilder School of Government & Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University. He received the Ph.D. from the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University. Dr. Albanese served as Chief of the International Center at the National Institute of Justice, the research arm of the U.S. Department of Justice. He is author and editor of 22 books and more than 100 journal articles and book chapters on the issues of organized crime, corruption, ethics, transnational crime, and criminal justice. He has served as consultant to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and is a past president and fellow of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. www.jayalbanese.com