Category: Corruption

The Power of Youth-Led Protests in Highly Divided Societies

On By DabesakiIn Citizenship, Corruption, Good governance, Leadership, Polarisation, Protests, Uncategorized, Youth, Youth Participation1 Comment

I have been thinking about the relationship between polarisation and youth-led protests for the better part of this year. This note is an initial foray into the topic as a way to build a much broader body of thinking on the links between the two, often competing, themes. Africa has had its fair share of …

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“For the Greatest Good of the Greatest Number”: Examining the Ethical Dilemmas of Whistleblowing

On By DabesakiIn Accountability, Corruption, Leadership, Loyalty, Nigeria1 Comment

In this fourth post in my series on loyalty, I reflect on the ethical and moral questions surrounding whistleblowing. The key question I explore here has its roots in Michael Sanders' moral philosophical question: 'what is the right thing to do?' I refer to whistleblowing as the calling out of moral or ethical misdemeanors that …

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