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Public Integrity: from anti-corruption rhetoric to substantive moral ideal (2020)
Journal Article
Heywood, P., & Kirby, N. (2020). Public Integrity: from anti-corruption rhetoric to substantive moral ideal. Etica Pubblica. Studi su Legalità e Partecipazione, 1(2), 11-32

Recently, policy actors have posited the promotion of public integrity as a new response to corruption in government and the decline in trust in public institutions. However, often, this use of the term «public integrity» amounts to little more than... Read More about Public Integrity: from anti-corruption rhetoric to substantive moral ideal.

Combating corruption in the twenty-first century: new approaches (2018)
Journal Article
Heywood, P. M. (in press). Combating corruption in the twenty-first century: new approaches. Daedalus, 47(3), https://doi.org/10.1162/daed_a_00504

Despite the focus placed on combating corruption over the last quarter-century, practical results have been disappointing. A small number of "success" stories cannot mask the fact that corruption continues to blight the lives of millions of citizens.... Read More about Combating corruption in the twenty-first century: new approaches.

Cultural specificity versus institutional universalism: a critique of the National Integrity System (NIS) methodology (2017)
Journal Article
Heywood, P. M., & Johnston, E. (in press). Cultural specificity versus institutional universalism: a critique of the National Integrity System (NIS) methodology. Crime, Law and Social Change, 68(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-017-9709-z

This article provides an assessment and critique of the National Integrity System approach and methodology, informed by the experience of conducting an NIS review in Cambodia. It explores four key issues that potentially undermine the relevance and... Read More about Cultural specificity versus institutional universalism: a critique of the National Integrity System (NIS) methodology.

Rethinking corruption: hocus-pocus, locus and focus (2017)
Journal Article
Heywood, P. M. (2017). Rethinking corruption: hocus-pocus, locus and focus. Slavonic and East European Review, 95(1), 21-48. https://doi.org/10.5699/slaveasteurorev2.95.1.0021

Although there has been a significant increase in research on the phenomenon of corruption over the last quarter-century, there is little evidence that this has resulted in effective policy interventions, nor in any significant reduction in its scope... Read More about Rethinking corruption: hocus-pocus, locus and focus.

Measuring corruption: Perspectives, critiques and limits (2014)
Book Chapter
Heywood, P. M. (2014). Measuring corruption: Perspectives, critiques and limits. In P. M. Heywood (Ed.), Routledge handbook of political corruption (137-153). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315739175.ch10

How do we measure some thing that is, by its very nature, largely hidden? This is the conundrum that faces all who have attempted to develop a means of measuring corruption. Given the seemingly intractable nature of this problem, the obvious question... Read More about Measuring corruption: Perspectives, critiques and limits.

Introduction: Scale and focus in the study of corruption (2014)
Book Chapter
Heywood, P. M. (2014). Introduction: Scale and focus in the study of corruption. In P. M. Heywood (Ed.), Routledge handbook of political corruption (1-14). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315739175.intro

Corruption is one of the most high-profile issues in the contemporary world. According to the 2011 ‘World Speaks’ surveys, conducted by GlobeScan for the BBC World Service, corruption was the world’s most talked-about problem, ahead of extreme povert... Read More about Introduction: Scale and focus in the study of corruption.

“Close but no cigar”: the measurement of corruption (2014)
Journal Article
Heywood, P. M., & Rose, J. (2014). “Close but no cigar”: the measurement of corruption. Journal of Public Policy, 34(3), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X14000099

The financial cost of corruption has recently been estimated at more than 5 per cent of global GDP. Yet, despite the widespread agreement that corruption is one of the most pressing policy challenges facing world leaders, it remains as widespread tod... Read More about “Close but no cigar”: the measurement of corruption.

Integrity management and the public service ethos in the UK: patchwork quilt or threadbare blanket?
Conference Proceeding
Heywood, P. M. Integrity management and the public service ethos in the UK: patchwork quilt or threadbare blanket?.

This paper focuses on the nature of integrity management in contemporary UK public life. Despite traditionally high standards of integrity in the public service, it has recently been argued that the UK’s National Integrity System resembles a patchwor... Read More about Integrity management and the public service ethos in the UK: patchwork quilt or threadbare blanket?.