The Institute for Ethics and Economic Policy (IEEP) Fordham University is a renowned Jesuit institution with over 165-year history of emphasis on ethics.	To promote Governance with Respect Ethics Accountability and Transparency (GREAT) SLOVENIA Join a Discussion site, where you can click on “New Topic” or try this link Transparency International’s corruption rank for this country in 2000=28, corruption perception index =5.5
See Link to Eastern Europe LJUBLJANA: UNCERTAINITY OVER ANTI-CORRUPTION BILL:- There is uncertainty over the law on prevention of corruption that took one year to prepare, according to the Director of the office for the prevention of corruption Bostjan Penko. The law will have to wait till government decided if it wants an independent institution for prevention of corruption. An independent ethics and integrity commission which will replace the anti-corruption office, is supposed to be implementing the new law, but if there wont be one, the legal text will remain unusable, he said. (BBC MONITORING SERVICE June 18, 2003, SUMMARISED BY DAVIS J. WEDDI STOCKHOLM SWEDEN). FORMER ECONOMICS MINISTRY OFFICIAL GOES ON TRIAL FOR CORRUPTION. Boris Sustar, former state secretary of the Economics Ministry pleaded not guilty to charges of bribery and extortion. Also, Rozana, Sustar’s wife, was charged with extortion, Stanislav Droljc with helping to commit a criminal offense and Bostjan Soba with posing as an official. All pleaded not guilty. When the offenses were committed, Sustar was in charge of European affairs and state assets under the Najuk government, was responsible for industry under the Drnovsek government, was a professor at Ljubljana Economics Faculty, and was chairman of the supervisory board at Slovene Development Corporation. (FT, Apr 13, 2001, summary by Marg Reynolds). The Index of Economic Freedom (by Driscoll-Holmes-Kirkpatrick) for 2001 places Slovenia in the “Mostly Free” category with a rank of 65 (Ranks range from 1 for Hong Kong to 155 for North Korea, Wall Street Journal, Nov. 1, 2000). H. D. Vinod’s trimmed correlation analysis indicates that countries free from economic regulation are less corrupt. After allowing for some exceptions by 20% trimming, the correlation is near 0.9.		Recent news. Worldwide corruption Country Index has links to stories and information about corruption and governance in alphabetically listed geographical regions and countries. Quick Links to USA, China, India, Indonesia Resources which track corruption and provide information on good governance from around the world. Quotes or One-Liners against corruption. Corruption Info Exchange Description of our Project. IEEP Home Fordham Economics Faculty Fordham University
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