Fernanda Odilla talks about why it is so hard to fight corruption in an event hosted by the Federal Rural University of the Amazon in Brazil
The BIT-ACT postdoctoral researcher was invited to talk on the International Anti-Corruption Day for Management and Accounting students.
Published on 08 December 2021
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Despite broad international attention to corruption, it continues to be an issue that challenges governments and civil society throughout the globe. In a talk titled "Why it is so hard to fight corruption", Fernanda Odilla, a research fellow at the BIT-ACT project, approaches the long path of corruption scandals and institutional development to question why we still struggle to curb corruption.
She will access top-down and bottom-up initiatives to discuss the main struggles of public officials, bureaucrats, activists, and citizens and to question the role of technology to fight corruption, improve transparency and promote integrity. The talk will also explore issues related to how to define and measure corruption.
Odilla was invited to present at a joint online event for Management and Accounting students at the Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA) in Brazil. The event is part of the V University Conference on Accounting Sciences and III Meeting of Management and Accounting hosted by the UFRA on 8-9 December 2021.
Her talk is scheduled for December 9th, the International Anti-Corruption Day, at 7.20pm (Brazilian time, GMT -3).
The presentation will be chaired by professor Tany Ingrid Sagredo Marin, coordinator of the Accounting Sciences course at the UFRA. After the talk, award-winning videos produced for the contest “1 Minute Against Corruption” organized by the Brazilian Office of Comptroller General (CGU) will be presented.