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New South Wales arrests 648 offenders of domestic violence
New South Wales arrests 648 offenders of domestic violence, just within four days. See, that […]
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Children’s rights in Northern Ireland have regressed
Children’s rights in Northern Ireland have regressed, according to three reports produced by the Children’s […]
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Canada pays indigenous communities for cultural genocide
Canada pays indigenous communities for cultural genocide. Those communities will receive almost three billion Canadian […]
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What happened to Naema Tahir?
Long before a part of my story appeared in the book Exodus from the lighthouse, […]
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Why it is so difficult to change systems
Systems Innovation published an excellent image on why it is so difficult to change systems, […]
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Dear FTM, rules serve people more than people serving rules
Oh, my. Follow The Money (FTM) criticizes the world of integrity. As the owner of […]
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Podcast: The rest is integrity and PR
Jacki and Lyle started a new podcast adventure, called ‘The rest is…’ I jointed them to talk about […]
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Almost 6 out of 10 Dutch people do not belong to a religious group
In 2021, 58 percent of the Dutch population aged 15 or older did not consider […]
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Phased introduction of the Mandatory Confidential Adviser Act
The Netherlands talks about a phased introduction of the mandatory confidential adviser act, so the […]
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More reports on unacceptable behavior, especially on managers
There have been more reports on unacceptable behavior in the past year, than ever before, […]
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Essay: the public should determine the existence of journalists and authors, not the elite
Last year, I observed what was happening in the public debate around all possible forms […]
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Column: PR-managers become impactful purpose managers
Happy 2023. We start the year with disruption because the company Open AI managed to […]
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2023: celebrate your ideals!
A new year, which means new rounds and new opportunities. A good time to rethink […]
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Governmental bodies in the Benelux and integrity
At the end of 2022, there are a couple of interesting developments around the governmental […]
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Podcast: Life Languages and integrity with Ron Brummans
Within an organization, we all want to gain insights on how people are put together, […]
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La fin d’une histoire…de radio (Dutch)
La fin d’une histoire…de radio dan, naar het heerlijke nummer van Marc Lavoine en Zoe […]
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Law number 23 and my experiences with Orthodox special education
In recent years, my work has been focused on breaking free from Orthodoxy in a […]
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Ethicisms and risks: 151 cartoons on ethics and work
Cartoons are a powerful tool for reflection on ethics in the workplace. This e-book contains […]
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Flevoland deals with the most aggression against politicians
Flevoland deals with the most aggression against politicians. Likewise, the Dutch province has the highest […]
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Status quo children’s rights in Greece
UNICEF Greece finds out (on the back of a recent poll) that eight out of […]
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Integrity management in public organizations by Alain Hoekstra
Integrity is an indispensable quality for public organizations. To uphold integrity, public organizations are encouraged […]
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Religious and primitive movements reappear
The year 2022 has shown that conservative, religious and primitive movements can reappear in no-time: […]
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67% of SMEs worldwide are fighting for survival
Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-sized companies are the backbone of the global economy. […]
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Sexism and age discrimination towards Marin and Ardern
This one is for the history books people. Sexism and age discrimination towards prime minister […]
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Podcast: slow travel and human rights
Travel is a human right. Since the start of Dina-Perla Lodges in 2016, thus my […]
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Merriam-Webster names ‘gaslighting’ the word of the year 2022
Merriam-Webster names ‘gaslighting’ the word of the year 2022. 2022 saw a 1740% increase in […]
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Integrity requires a broader approach than just legal
Integrity requires a broader approach than just legal. The Dutch Raad van State, thus the […]
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Moral burn-outs as an epidemic
Following up my piece on unacceptable behavior, quiet quitting and moral burn-outs, let’s discuss moral […]
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New York has new law: The Adult Survivors Act
New York as a new law, namely The Adult Survivors Act. This law now makes […]
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Unacceptable behavior of Matthijs van Nieuwkerk and moral burn-outs
The entire country is discussing the unacceptable behavior of Dutch presenter Matthijs van Nieuwkerk. These […]
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New Zealand wants to lower voting age to 16
New Zealand wants to lower the voting age to 16. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has […]
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Bullies at work
Research done by TNO shows some alarming facts on bullies at work in the Netherlands. 8% […]
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Adoring f*ck up meetings
In the past year, a business relation of mine, not even a closed one for […]
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New South Wales passes law and makes coercive control a stand-alone offense
New South Wales, Australia, passes a new law and makes coercive control a stand-alone offense. […]
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Magic Lane launches groundbreaking platform in Maps, Location & Navigation services
Magic Lane launches a groundbreaking platform in intelligent, compact and privacy-friendly Maps, Location & Navigation […]
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Be a Lady, They Said
Be a lady, they said… Since we are talking about the major payment gap between […]
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Learning from mistakes; an autobiography by my friend
Learning from mistakes is the main reason why my friend Robert Fink, also known as […]
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Harmful traditional practices in closed-up religious communities
Minister Karien van Gennip of Social Affairs and Employment and Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf of Education, […]
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Eleven French bishops accused of sexual violence
And it goes on and on and on and on… … Eleven former or serving […]
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UN Human Rights Chief issues open letter to Twitter’s Elon Musk
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk issued an open letter to Elon Musk, […]
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Plan promotes the right to self-determination
In the Netherlands, we believe that everyone should be themselves. And that everyone can fully […]
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The integrity industry has degenerated into a people-oriented (Dutch)
Integrity procedures have acquired the status of a kind of pseudo-judicial system, but without the […]
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Essay: ayahuasca set me free
Since I started the conversation, I need to follow up on it, I thought after […]
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Gomarus school to compensate former students for coercion
In the past year, I have been following the developments around the reformed school Gomarus […]
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Jolene Hettinga-Zagers becomes director of EmpowerYou (Dutch)
Jolene Hettinga-Zagers (34) wordt directeur van EmpowerYou, een bureau op het gebied van loopbaanvragen, coaching, […]
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Netherlands ranks fourth for children’s rights
The Netherlands is fourth in the world ranking for children’s rights, the KidsRights Index 2022. […]
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Oliver Yeboah, from pastor to CEO Blueplates (Dutch)
Oliver Yeboah wordt CEO Blueplates, een online platform dat taxichauffeurs zonder eigen wagen koppelt aan […]
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Effect hierarchy on moral behavior
The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience published a fascinating research on the effect of hierarchy on […]
