Factors Influencing the Incidence of Bribery Payouts by Firms: A Cross-Country Analysis

Chen, Yanjing; Yaşar, Mahmut; Rejesus, Roderick M.

doi:10.1007/s10551-006-9346-4

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“…Wealthier countries are characterized by higher levels of education, literacy, and growth of mass media, which have been found to be associated with less corruption. These characteristics of wealthy countries allow for countervailing actions by the person faced with bribery demands (Beets, 2005;Chen et al, 2008;Husted, 1999).…”

Section: Economic and Political Factorsmentioning

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“…Property rights, economic freedom, as well as checks and balances in political institutions, have been related to less corruption (Chen et al, 2008;Martin et al, 2007;Sanyal and Samanta, 2004a).…”

Section: Economic and Political Factorsmentioning

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“…Sanyal (2005) found that high power distance and high masculinity predicted Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index scores when controlling for per capita income and other economic measures. More recently, Chen et al (2008) used a number of micro-and macro-level variables to predict bribery payouts by domestic firms, as assessed using the World Business Environment Survey. Of the cultural variables listed above, masculinity contributed unique variance in prediction.…”

Section: Cultural Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Bribery in International Business Transactions

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Globalization leads to cross-border business transactions between societies with very different norms and regulations regarding bribery. Bribery in international business transactions can be seen as a function of not only the demand for such bribes in different countries, but the supply, or willingness to provide bribes by multinational firms and their representatives. This study addresses the propensity of firms from 30 different countries to engage in international bribery. The study incorporates both domestic (economic development, culture, and domestic corruption in the supplying country) and international factors (those countries\u27 patterns of trade and involvement in international accords) in explaining the willingness to bribe abroad. The propensity to provide bribes was the lowest when corruption was not tolerated in the multinational firms\u27 home countries, when the firms\u27 countries were signatories of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) anti-bribery convention, and when those countries traded heavily with wealthier nations. Further, these findings are maintained when controlling for levels of economic development and cultural values in the supplying country. In terms of culture, firms from high power distance countries showed a somewhat greater propensity for providing bribes in transactions with less-developed nations

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“…In particular, academics have carried out their work on the antecedents of CSIR, mainly from institutional theory, to explain how government corruption influences the occurrence of CSIR (Ashforth and Anand, 2003;Cuervo-Cazurra, 2006;Chen et al, 2008;Ioannou and Serafeim, 2012;Keig et al, 2015). However, the literature suggests that other factors at the institutional level 157 CSIR: review and conceptual boundaries should be considered, such as the financial situation of the market, the level of competitiveness of the environment or competition between companies (Barrena et al, 2016).…”

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Corporate social irresponsibility: review and conceptual boundaries

Riera

Iborra

2017

EJMBE

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to carry out a review of the academic literature about corporate social irresponsibility (CSIR) highlighting aspects that help us to define socially irresponsible behaviour and its relationship with socially responsible behaviour. Design/methodology/approach Through a Boolean search of studies related to terms of irresponsibility undertaken from 1956 to October 2016, the authors develop a review of the literature focussing on the main perspectives used for defining the term of CSIR. Findings The paper provides a framework of three main dimensions for understanding the differences in the literature that defines CSIR: who defines irresponsible behaviour, an impartial observer or a specific group of stakeholders, whether it is a firm strategy or a punctual action and which is the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and CSIR, continuity vs orthogonal relationship. Originality/value The paper provides and extensive and original review of a key construct, CSIR, and develops some insights about its antecedents and consequences. The authors try to provide light to the contradictory situation where a growing interest in CSR and the increase in voluntary commitments adopted by company leaders incorporating CSR into their strategies are, paradoxically, increasingly associated with CSIR.

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“…Across-country analysis has been conducted by many existing literatures (Chen et al, 2008;Martin et al, 2007;Sanyal, 2005). Powpaka (2002) used data from Thailand and discussed managers' perspectives and decisions upon bribery.…”

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Why do firms bribe? An empirical study in BRICS economies from 2002 to 2012

2016

Econom. bus. letters

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This article empirically studies why manufacturing firms bribe the government officials. Firmlevel data focusing on the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) was acquired from an Enterprise Survey conducted by the World Bank between 2002 and 2012. The BRICS countries represent typical emerging world economies. We acquired country-level data from multiple sources. We then studied both firm-level and country-level reasons why firms bribe and how much money they spend in bribing. We found that smaller size, slower expansion, and more infrastructural defects significantly increase bribery probability. Bribery also tends to occur more frequently in countries with faster development and more political rigidity. The 2007-2009 financial crisis also encouraged bribery.

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Factors Influencing the Incidence of Bribery Payouts by Firms: A Cross-Country Analysis

Abstract: D73, K42, M14, bribery, corruption, cross-country analysis, government, public officials,

Cited by 58 publications

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Bribery in International Business Transactions

Bribery in International Business Transactions

Corporate social irresponsibility: review and conceptual boundaries

Why do firms bribe? An empirical study in BRICS economies from 2002 to 2012

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