Corruption, bribery and nepotism

[DAVOUT]

After the disaster they faced in strategy, the neo-cons have now a problem with words.

President of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz decided that his tenure will be remembered as a fight against the sinners by a perfect example of human of virtue : corruption will be eradicated all over the world.

Unfortunately, in his capacity of President of the W.B., he then decided to give a 60000$ salary increase to an employee with whom he had “sentimental links”. That is the problem with neo-cons, they totally ignore that they have obligations towards the word, their nation or the organization where they represent all the nations.

Under these obligations there is no difference between nepotism and corruption. And this can even be aggravated in bribery if the beneficiary of the salary increase was desiring to break the “sentimental links”.

Nevertheless, I do not exclude that in an updated neo-cons agenda appears the item : Nepotism does not qualify actions made by a US citizen for the benefice of another US citizen.

[Arrian]

I'm no fan of Wolfowitz, but...

what?

-Arrian

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Arrian
I'm no fan of Wolfowitz, but...

what?

-Arrian

Basically, he gave a promotion and raise to his girlfriend.

[MOBIUS]

Read that the other day, but even I can only bash the Yanks so much...

[lord of the mark]

The board voted her pay, IIUC, Wolfowitz didnt determine it.

And shes been detailed to the US State dept, IIUC, so shes not working directly for him anymore.

And yes, hes made corrupt practices in borrowing countries an important part of the banks agenda. Thats a good thing, IMHO. And he never claimed to be "of perfect virtue"

[Arrian]

Originally posted by LordShiva

Basically, he gave a promotion and raise to his girlfriend.

Women in the workplace



-Arrian

[mactbone]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/13/AR2007041300788.html

World Bank President Paul D. Wolfowitz publicly apologized on Thursday for the "mistake" of personally orchestrating a high-paying job and guaranteed promotions for a bank employee with whom he is romantically involved, as new details of his role in the arrangement emerged and staff members angrily demanded his resignation.

In its statement, however, the bank board said that a group appointed to examine the incident concluded that neither the bank's ethics committee, the bank's chairman or members of its board had "commented on, reviewed or approved" Riza's employment plan.

On Thursday, Wolfowitz said "I take full responsibility for the details of the agreement and did not attempt to hide my actions or to make anyone else responsible." He said that he had found himself in a "painful personal dilemma . . . trying to navigate in uncharted waters."

[DAVOUT]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
The board voted her pay, IIUC, Wolfowitz didnt determine it.

And shes been detailed to the US State dept, IIUC, so shes not working directly for him anymore.

You have any right to be kind with him. He himself is less kind that you, saying :"I made a mistake, for which I am sorry".

Nota bene : the mistake is not the Irak war, just the salary increase.

[Cort Haus]

"The Board did not recommend that Wolfowitz award a salary increase of such dimensions to Riza, and this is why the Board is looking into the issue," said GAP (Government Accountability Project).

Bea Edwards said that questions of nepotism still hovered over the Bank.

"All that we are really saying is that there was a violation of World Bank rules in 2002 and 2003, that this woman has had a history of favouritism in places associated with Wolfowitz's authority," Edwards said. "She has a career that tracks very closely in terms of benefiting from places where Paul Wolfowitz is in authority."

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37276

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by DAVOUT


You have any right to be kind with him. He himself is less kind that you, saying :"I made a mistake, for which I am sorry".

Nota bene : the mistake is not the Irak war, just the salary increase.

"You have any right to be kind with him. "

Im sorry, I dont understand that sentence. Je ne comprends pas ce phrase.


I said "IIUC" I did not know the board was not involved in the pay increase.

He certainly did make a mistake then, and Im glad he apologized. It would certainly be a shame if the bank stopped trying to improve its lending standards because of this.

[mactbone]

See, it's ironic because he's trying to eliminate corruption from borrowing countries, while at the same time he's corrupt.

[LordShiva]

That is indeed ironic. To be fair, though, there's a difference of magnitude between the corruption that keeps millions in poverty, and the type that gets one's girlfriend a few extra bucks.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by mactbone
See, it's ironic because he's trying to eliminate corruption from borrowing countries, while at the same time he's corrupt.

1. Thats not at all obvious.

Heres part of the WaPo article you did not choose to quote

"As its discussions continued Thursday night, the board received a letter from Wolfowitz asking, "in the interest of transparency," for the "immediate public release of all documents related to the Board's current review of the case involving myself and Ms. Riza," according to a senior bank official. The official said Wolfowitz believes that the documents support his statement in a news conference that he was the one who first raised the conflict of interest issue on his arrival at the bank two years ago and that he had also asked to be recused from consideration of the issue."


2. Its a fact that lots of people at the Bank want to keep the status quo, and NOT make corruption an important part of the banks lending criteria.

3. Are any of the folks piling on here, really concerned with the World Bank, or consider it a force for positive change in the world? Or are they just looking to get another neocon?

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by mactbone
See, it's ironic because he's trying to eliminate corruption from borrowing countries, while at the same time he's corrupt.

Maybe whats ironic is that folks who abhor the rush to judgement about Khalid Sheik Muhammed, have made up their minds about this already.

[mactbone]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070413/ts_afp/worldbankwolfowitzboard_070413071612

Wolfowitz said that "in hindsight, I wish I had trusted my original instincts and kept myself out of the negotiations."

The board's statement agreed with Wolfowitz that he had sought the advice of the ethics committee after taking office on how to handle the Riza matter.

But it said the committee gave only "informal" guidance that she should be reassigned and compensated for the potential disruption to her career through a promotion.

The details, including abnormally high pay hikes and more than one promotion, came on Wolfowitz's personal orders, the investigation found.

I'm piling on you because you immediately defended him when Cort Haus and I took two minutes to find his apology and other statements that make your first post a pack of lies. I know somebody will argue or talk about your corruption points, but they're really irrelevant except for the purposes of irony.