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Strategic Ethical Approach to Curb the Wave of Global Corruption: Foundational Reflections for Cosmopolitan Responsibility in Public and International Organizations

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This chapter proposes a strategic ethical approach to curb the wave of global corruption. The focus is on how ethical strategy and basic ethical principles can be put forward to ensure ethical behavior in public organizations and institutions. Ethics in organizations is necessary to deal with global corruption and ensure peace and peacekeeping in the international community. This system of ethical conduct in private and public organizations is needed to avoid corruption and ensure the promotion of the United Nation’s goals for sustainable development. The idea is that public and private international organization needs to have a process that focuses on its strategy and vision for responsible corporate citizenship in the global community. Thus, the presentation of an ethical strategy for administrative ethics in public and international organizations and institutions includes clarification of the problem of corruption and formulations of strategic foundations as the basis for developing internationally.

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Rendtorff, J.D. (2023). Strategic Ethical Approach to Curb the Wave of Global Corruption: Foundational Reflections for Cosmopolitan Responsibility in Public and International Organizations. In: Akande, A. (eds) Globalization, Human Rights and Populism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17203-8_6

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