TNRC Guide: Researching Social Norms and Behaviors Related to Corruption Affecting Conservation Outcomes

These Resource Guides introduce some foundational principles and common considerations for research into conservation-focused anti-corruption actions.

Part I introduces three "packages" of research that introduce non-specialists to some of the relevant core approaches and methods for assessing whether, when and how social norms might be targeted to address corrupt behaviors. When combined, the packages provide quantitative measures for pivotal values – e.g., social tolerance of and attitudes towards corruption, or the percent of a sample who have paid a bribe – against which progress with anti-corruption actions can later be measured (the "baseline"). The arising data will also provide qualitative information to help guide choices around the SNBC strategies to adopt ("formative" insight).

Part II introduces two "packages" of research that introduce non-specialists to some of the relevant core approaches and methods for assessing and adaptively managing social norm and behavior change approaches and understanding whether they have achieved the overall aims, goals, and ambitions.

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