Corruption and misconduct: A behavioural reflection from investigative reports into local government

Purcell, Aquinas John

doi:10.15209/jbsge.v9i1.610

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“…or cause for organizational corruption based on our understanding of the rational theories in economics, behavioral economics or economic psychology. Purcell (2014) reports that The Institute of Internal Auditors and KPMG Fraud Survey (KPMG, 2009) used the term 'red flags', which are 'early warning signs of possible fraud'. Krambia-Kapardis (Krambia-Kapardis, 2001) noted that one disadvantage of a 'red flag' was that it focused attention on cues and potentially limited an investigator from observing other conditions.…”

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Developing A Corruption-Vulnerability Index for Organizations: A Study of Indian State-Owned Enterprises

Janardhanan,

Nambudiri

2019

Public Administration Quarterly

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This is a scholar-practitioner effort to develop a tool for assessing the anti-corruption preparedness of organizations. This study aims to develop an index to measure corruption vulnerability of organizations, drawn from an extensive review of the literature, field data from state-owned enterprises, and qualitative data through interviews with practitioners and domain experts. Extant literature and practitioner studies indicate the absence of a framework which works in an ex-ante, preventive mode to analyze organizations in terms of the preparedness of their systems and routines against organizational corruption. We examined paradigms that are considered moderators and precursors to organizational corruption. Drawing on existing theory we identified certain core Ethics Resources (ERs) of organizations and argue that these are the fountainheads of ethical behavior in an organization. These variables were linked with data on real-life corruption cases in state-owned enterprises (SOEs) drawn from a national-level oversight body, to develop the conceptual framework. Thereafter, using semi-structured interviews with practitioners and through the assistance of domain experts we constructed from this framework, a Corruption Vulnerability Index. Finally, using a structured instrument administered to a sample of vigilance officers from SOEs, we tested the index in 46 organizations. The result is a predictive and preventive tool that can be used by top managements, oversight bodies, and industry associations to predict vulnerability of organization systems and routines to misuse and abuse; and to compare and grade various organizations on this count. Streams for continued research and practice are identified.

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Developing A Corruption-Vulnerability Index for Organizations: A Study of Indian State-Owned Enterprises

Janardhanan,

Nambudiri

2019

Public Administration Quarterly

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Creating Organizational Culture that Compact Corruption in Local Government: The Role of Municipal Leadership

Alahmead

Boser

Masa’deh

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Studies in Computational Intelligence

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Corruption and Administration in Nigeria : The Character of the State Thesis

Innocent¹,

Onuigbo²

2015

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The objective of this paper is to explore the linkage between corruption and administration by using Nigeria as a case study. This is because corruption has been around for a very long time and will be around in the future unless governments figure out effective ways to combat it. Though various anti-corruption strategies have been designed and implemented. Toward the end of the twentieth century economics turned their attention to corruption that beforehand was the subject of sociology, political science, history, public administration, and criminal law researches. Despite the vivid link between corruption and economic performance hot debates arose to determine the nature (negative or positive) of this correlation. Reviewing the results of these empirical studies we can conclude that corruption in few cases can boost economic growth but only in the short run, for in the long-run and in general, corruption destroys the economy and the culture and impedes welfare. All empirical results of different research programs support the proposition that corruption inhibits economic performance. The surveyed studies provide evidence that corruption may seriously inhibit long-term economic growth and increase the volatility of business cycles. Various leading international organizations (the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and Transparency international) national governments, scientists (despite their specialization) regard corruption as damaging factor for development and democracy. This paper adopts a qualitative methodology and uses the technique of content analysis and tables to document its findings. The paper suggests active policy against corruption should be elaborated and implemented in Nigeria.

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Corruption and misconduct: A behavioural reflection from investigative reports into local government

Cited by 4 publications

References 12 publications

Developing A Corruption-Vulnerability Index for Organizations: A Study of Indian State-Owned Enterprises

Developing A Corruption-Vulnerability Index for Organizations: A Study of Indian State-Owned Enterprises

Creating Organizational Culture that Compact Corruption in Local Government: The Role of Municipal Leadership

Corruption and Administration in Nigeria : The Character of the State Thesis

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