Integrity Scandals of Politicians: A Political Integrity Index

How often are politicians confronted with public allegations of integrity violations? Which types violations, government levels, and parties do these scandals involve? The Political Integrity Index developed in Netherlands offers information about the number political country since 2013. This article presents a brief overview relevant literature on corruption scandals, summary conceptual framework methodology used our research, as well some results. In years 2013–2019, 355 were documented, primarily at local level (79%), involving almost all but liberal–conservative People’s Party for Freedom Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie [VVD]) most prominent (90 scandals), containing type “misconduct private sphere” (30%). topic is nearly absent research corruption. challenge an invitation to researchers other countries comparable which might result theoretically practically useful international index. For that seems useful.