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Can civil servants be trained to make better decisions? Can government agencies steeped in bureaucracy become agile, learning organizations that can keep strengthening their integrity structures in a meaningful way? We believe that agencies whose employees are systematically trained to "do right by the other," i.e., all those with whom and for whom they work, can reach those goals. What's more, such agencies will end up with fewer integrity breaches, more reporting of problematic behavior by employees, and will be more trusted by their employees and by the citizenry. A governmental organization that seeks to enhance its integrity needs a systemic approach built on two pillars. First, it must establish a carefully crafted compliance practice. Second, it must develop a moral learning process. Without intending to give short shrift to a robust compliance program, in this short brief I will focus on G&I's unique approach to moral learning, which while of equal importance to compliance in our view, is very rarely emphasized among integrity professionals.

AbstractThe Transparency Amendment, included in the Dodd‐Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, can be an important tool in curtailing the resource curse that so heavily burdens resource‐rich developing countries by shedding light on opaque payments between the extractive sector and host countries. From the get‐go, however, extractive industry companies have fiercely opposed the new mandatory disclosure requirements as set out in this regulation. The corporate opposition is for the largest part motivated by the fear of a competitive disadvantage that derives from the fact that the amendment is housed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and thus only holds jurisdiction over those that report to the SEC. Although on the one hand watering down these corporate fears, this article draws on the "shared value approach" and empirical evidence to argue that there is a business case for transparency. This refreshing take on transparency regulation invites corporate leaders to reassess their current oppositional stance and to embrace new initiatives like the Transparency Amendment and to take a proactive stance in building a convincing global regulatory system of transparency.