Great Danes: How does Denmark quash corruption?

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6 • 984 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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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). https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast 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 Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:02.1	hello and welcome Hello and
1:05.0	welcome to the bunker I'm Ros Taylor.
1:07.0	If I asked you which was the least corrupt country in the world,
1:10.0	you probably wouldn't say it was Britain and you'd be right.
1:14.0	The UK currently languages at number 11 in Transparency International's Index.
1:20.0	Heading up the table are Finland, New Zealand and Denmark.
1:23.2	And it's Denmark that we're going to talk about today,
1:25.6	because joining me is Gert Tingard Svensson,
1:28.0	who is a public policy professor at Ahus University.
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