CORRUPTION IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR FROM
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CORRUPTION IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR FROM ROMANIA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
CORRUPTION IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR FROM ROMANIA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Author(s): Silviu DUȚULESCU, Ileana NIȘULESCU-ASHRAFZADEH
Subject(s): Economy, National Economy, Governance, Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption
Published by: Research Publishing SRL
Keywords: corruption; public sector; private sector; convicted individuals; counties;

Summary/Abstract: Corruption is becoming an increasingly acute problem lately for Romania and theauthorities are trying to find solutions in this regard. Until now the anti-corruption strategy hasundergone four stages, by approving as many sets of anti-corruption strategic documents(National Anti-corruption Strategies in 2001, 2005, 2008 and 2012). In this research, we started from the assumption that there is a correlation betweencorruption in the public sector and the corruption in the private sector, involving the corruptingpower represented by the private sector and corruptible power represented by the public sector.The hypothesis was confirmed by detailed analyzes conducted in this regard using a number ofvariables such as the percentage of convictions in the public or private sector, the position thatthe culprit holds, the county he/she comes from, the institution in which they operate, type ofsentence (suspended or performed) and the penalty in months.Then using the statistical functions Data Analysis, PivotTable of Excel software, the3110 observations were processed. The centralizing tables were made by filtration and then theventilation data by numerical and geographical coordinates.The quantitative information provided by these summary tables combined with qualitativeinformation derived from extensive analyzes conducted during this investigation, led to theconfirmation of the basic assumption that there is a correlation between corruption manifestedin the public and private sector.This correlation becomes more powerful as the bureaucratic system, namely theworkload in the public sector is growing. In this regard, we have concrete examples in thecounties of Cluj, Timiș, Constanța, Prahova, Bucharest, respectively

  • Issue Year: 3/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 30-39
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English, Romanian