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Great Danes: How does Denmark quash corruption?


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Denmark is one of the least corrupt countries in the world. Gert Tinggard Svendsen of Aarhus University explains how Danes routinely hold each other to account for their actions so that political corruption is not tolerated. Wrongdoers find themselves outcast from Danish society, which acts as a powerful incentive to do the right thing. With Ros Taylor.

  • “If you lie in Denmark, your reputation will be severely damaged. There’s no way back. You really have to do something extraordinary to compensate.”
  • “There’s a saying, if two Danes meet they shake hands, if three Danes meet they form an association.”
  • “The reason why many countries are poor is because they’re corrupt.”

  • Gert Tinggard Svendsen is the author of Trust (Aarhus University).


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    Written and presented by Ros Taylor. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Assistant producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Music: Kenny Dickinson. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production



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