Facilitating Malfeasance for a Fee

A briefing discussing the role of private service industry professionals in enabling state capture and corruption, based on comments by activist John Githongo at a 2018 Public Affairs Research Institute conference.

• John Githongo identified 'private actors in the service industry' as a key group responsible for advancing state capture by creating the 'architecture' that allows accountants, lawyers, and bankers to engage in corruption. He noted that these individuals frequently avoid the same level of accountability as other participants.
• Corruption and state capture are described as 'two-way streets' requiring at least two parties: one party seeking to improperly induce another (such as a private business owner pursuing a tender) and a second party who is improperly induced (such as a public official providing improper favor).

APA

Public Affairs Research Institute (2019). Facilitating Malfeasance for a Fee. https://pari.org.za/the-usual-suspects-in-state-capture-politicsweb/

Chicago

Public Affairs Research Institute. Facilitating Malfeasance for a Fee. 2019. https://pari.org.za/the-usual-suspects-in-state-capture-politicsweb/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{publicaffairsresearchinstitute2019facilitating, author = {{Public Affairs Research Institute}}, title = {{Facilitating Malfeasance for a Fee}}, institution = {Public Affairs Research Institute}, year = {2019}, month = jun, url = {https://pari.org.za/the-usual-suspects-in-state-capture-politicsweb/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }