At The American Anti-Corruption Institute (AACI), we advance anti-corruption thought through the development and publication of original governance, accountability, and corruption-prevention concepts.

The AACI Anti-Corruption Concepts are designed to help decision-makers, boards of directors, executive management, public officials, regulators, researchers, and institutional leaders better understand the human, organizational, and governance factors that influence corruption exposure and governance effectiveness.

Together, these concepts form an evolving AACI framework that examines how authority is exercised, how decisions are made, how oversight is performed, and how corruption risks may arise despite the existence of formal governance structures, controls, and compliance mechanisms.

Each concept addresses a distinct dimension of governance and corruption prevention while complementing The AACI's Ten Principles of Fighting Corruption and Standards on Fighting Corruption (SFCs) .

The concepts presented below are authored by Mike Masoud and published by The American Anti-Corruption Institute (AACI), together with future concepts developed under The AACI's institutional anti-corruption research and thought-leadership initiatives.

“The quality of governance cannot exceed the quality of Entrusted Authority Intelligence possessed by those entrusted with authority.”

“Competent oversight begins with competent questions.”