The right way to fight corruption

Transparency can prevent corruption and promote trust. The trade union movement has called for conditions to be placed on the government's actions and for monitoring to ensure that they are enforced. Corruption is found where oversight is lacking, decision-making is unclear, and there is little or no public involvement.  

Guðrún Johnsen, economist, is the chairman of the board of Gagnsæis - an organization against corruption. She was a lecturer in finance at the University of Iceland and the University of Reykjavík for many years and currently sits on the board of the Merchants' Pension Fund. Guðrún worked at the Parliamentary Research Committee and published a book in English about the results of the research committee, Bringing Down the Banking System: Lessons fram Iceland.  

ASÍ, BSRB and Varða - the labor market research institute are organizing a series of lunch meetings about the right way out of the crisis. At the meetings, theoretical discussion is interwoven with experience of the organized work of the labor movement and other non-governmental organizations. The meetings go through zoom and are open to everyone.