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Podcast: The Bunker – News without the nonsense
Episode: Great Danes: How does Denmark quash corruption?
Description: 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 as...