{"id":2544,"date":"2010-03-02T06:05:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T11:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webliminal.com\/webliminalblog\/?p=2544"},"modified":"2010-03-02T08:19:41","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T13:19:41","slug":"links-for-2010-03-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.webliminal.com\/webliminalblog\/commentary\/links-for-2010-03-02","title":{"rendered":"Exposing Corruption; Transparency International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webliminal.com\/images\/sidepics\/sp220.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 22px; margin-right: 22px;\" src=\"http:\/\/webliminal.com\/images\/sidepics\/cwdata\/sp220.jpg\" alt=\" view from Blue Ridge Parkway\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>I watched this video presentation by Peter Eigen, from TED, and then looked up the site for Transparency International. Inspiring and worth spending some time at the site to learn about dealign with corruption on a global scale.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/peter_eigen_how_to_expose_the_corrupt.html\">Peter Eigen: How to expose the corrupt | Video on TED.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;&#8221;Some of the world&#8217;s most baffling social problems, says Peter Eigen, can be traced to systematic, pervasive government corruption, hand-in-glove with global companies. At TEDxBerlin, Eigen describes the thrilling counter-attack led by his organization Transparency International.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/corruption\">corruption<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/transparency\">transparency<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/democracy\">democracy<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/international\">international<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/ethics\">ethics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/activism\">activism<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparency.org\/\">Transparency International<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;corruption ruins lives. Fight back.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/corruption\">corruption<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/transparency\">transparency<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/democracy\">democracy<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/international\">international<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/ethics\">ethics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/activism\">activism<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I watched this video presentation by Peter Eigen, from TED, and then looked up the site for Transparency International. Inspiring and worth spending some time at the site to learn about dealign with corruption on a global scale. 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