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2021vi28, Monday: Interest
Accountability starts with keeping track of conflicts of interest. Fail to do that, and corruption comes next. As the Matt Hancock saga shows all too clearly.
Jeremy Scott-Joynt
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2021vi23, Wednesday: "Important."
Qualified good news about open justice - but with a significant sting in the tail. And a fascinating update on corruption definitions from an old friend.
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2021vi21, Monday: It doesn't have to be "personal" to be corruption.
Organisations can be corrupt, not just people. As a new report shows. And without an public duty to be transparent, that will be the rule, not the exception.
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2021vi16, Wednesday: Domestication.
Pets deserve eulogies; cats especially so, given that it's the junior partner in the relationship who's writing them. And an example of the fake "war on woke". From a silk, no less. For shame.
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2021vi14, Monday: Culture wars and small differences.
When you hear the phrase "war on woke", it's always worth looking around. What is someone trying to stop you from seeing - or thinking about?
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2021vi9, Wednesday: Just one guy.
A friend made me cry over the weekend. I can't thank him enough.
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2021vi4, Friday: People ≠ things.
What happens when you thingify people? Nothing good.
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2021v28, Friday: Not oil.
Getting the analogy wrong can ruin policy, as our approach to data has shown. And turning to real fossil fuels: two big, big events involving an oil company and a coal mine.
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2021v24, Monday: Reified abstracts.
More on thingification. This time with reference to the Big C.
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2021v19, Wednesday: Thingification.
The first of a series about what happens when we make things out of stuff (and ideas) that we shouldn't. And: why grift isn't good.
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2021v17, Monday: It's not just about you.
Why an apolitical workplace is a luxury only the comfortable can afford. And a cut-out-and-keep caustic guide to AI ethics.
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2021v12, Wednesday: Loss.
It hurts. Always.