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Reducing corruption is one of the world’s many challenges. The fight against corruption is often discouraging. Yet …, Europe continues to advance its anti-corruption initiatives. While the fight against has seen some victories, significant … gains are few, especially in the Central and South European countries, where corruption is deeply rooted in the ordinary …
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Corruption stands as one of the many obstacles to the political and economic security of the Eastern European region … European Union need to fight corruption collectively and individually. The task is difficult, but hope is justified because the … causes of corruption in this part of the region are similar and anti-corruption expertise is available. We believe that a …
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management system, fraud and corruption control system and internal audit) become embedded in a selected public sector … process. In the Department it is evident that fraud and corruption control system is a part of their cultural environment. The …
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The article provides a discussion on results of extensive empirical research conducted in 2016 on a sample of 495 local government authorities, using the CAWI questionnaire technique supported by the CATI survey. The results thus obtained were verified in statistical terms and then critically...
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Fighting public-sector corruption has become a priority for most governments and international organizations. The … definition of corruption. As the public sector grows and expands its activities, the complexity of its activities also increases …, including political parties and public administrations, are especially vulnerable to corruption. Political parties, for instance …
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Creative accounting allows governments and, more particularly, finance ministers to somehow manage financial reports to achieve specific and possibly self-interested goals. It is usually used to hide deficits. It sometimes also helps to present financial performance as being more worrisome than...
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This research is a quantitative study which aims to examine the level of corruption in the Indonesian local government … the criteria of district and city governments having permanent legal force corruption cases in 2019. Testing the … fiscal decentralization had a significant effect on the level of corruption, government internal audit and law enforcement …
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The paper discusses digitising the leading information flows in control activities. The focus is on applying technology and its integration in implementing forms of control. The aim is to argue for practical approaches to minimise information risk in pre-ongoing and post-control to ensure the...
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This paper investigates whether corruption has contributed to the rise of the shadow economy in Uganda. Using … between corruption and the size of the shadow economy in both the long- and short-run. Additionally, the causality results … reveal a bidirectional causal relationship between the shadow economy and corruption, and vice versa. These findings suggest …
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This study tests the prediction that perceived corruption reduces ethical behavior. Integrating a standard "cheating … perceive corruption in state affairs are more likely to cheat and, thus, to fortify the negative consequences of corruption …
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