An active role on the part of NGOs is now widely seen as urgently needed to control chronic corruption in Korea. Indeed, major Korean civic organizations like the Citizens` Coalition for Economic Justice, People`s Solidarity for Participatory Democrac...
An active role on the part of NGOs is now widely seen as urgently needed to control chronic corruption in Korea. Indeed, major Korean civic organizations like the Citizens` Coalition for Economic Justice, People`s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy, and Transparency International-Korea have contributed significantly to corruption control in various ways, including participation in anti-corruption policy-making. influencing public opinion, and engaging in protest activities. This stuey aims to explore the justifications for NGO intervention, to create a corruption typology, and to analyze the major NGOs` anti-corruption activities. Six justifications and six types of corrupt practices among government, firms, and individuals are identified. It is also found that the NGOs` anti-corruption strategies regarding government, while well-designed and effective, have been limited by a lack of human resources and insufficient information.