CWRU's Inamori International Center selects Transparency International founder Peter Eigen for 2016 Inamori Ethics Prize

Eigen has developed groundbreaking initiatives to improve governance and raise awareness of the devastating effects of corruption on economic growth, social welfare and justice.

Eigen, a lawyer by training, has worked in economic development for several decades. He has seen how abuses of power can undermine the public's trust and cost people their freedom, health, money and, sometimes, their lives.

Following positions with the World Bank in Latin America and Africa, Eigen founded Transparency International (TI) in 1993. With chapters in more than 100 nations, TI has become the leading non-governmental organization promoting transparency and accountability in development.

TI collaborates with governments, businesses and citizens to stop the abuse of power, bribery and secret deals. The organization's impact spans the public sector and industries ranging from finance to oil to sport.

Eigen also has served as a board member with a wide range of other organizations advancing sustainable development, including Kofi Annan's Africa Progress Panel.

The Inamori Center presents the Inamori Ethics Prize Ceremony as part of its mission to foster ethical leadership. Eigen is scheduled to receive the award and present a lecture Sept. 8 in the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at The Temple–Tifereth Israel at Case Western Reserve.

The following day, Sept. 9, he will participate in a panel discussion on his work for the Inamori Ethics Prize Academic Symposium in Severance Hall.

"Peter Eigen and Transparency International have been strategic, tenacious and effective in their global efforts to curb corruption, expose abuses of power and teach people how to build and sustain more ethical organizations," notes Inamori Center Director Shannon E. French. "We are excited to bring Peter to Cleveland to honor and learn from his important work."

The Inamori Center was endowed by a generous gift from Kazuo Inamori, who established Kyocera Corp. and is a global telecommunications leader and founder of the Inamori Foundation that presents the annual Kyoto Prize in Kyoto, Japan.

SOURCE Case Western Reserve University

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