Abstract:This article concerns the extent to which corrupt behavior is dependent on the organizational power structure and the resources available for illegal exchange. This qualitative study is based on 42 in-depth interviews with organizational actors in different organizations in Hungary. Four core themes emerged from the analysis of the interviews: (a) isolated corruption at the bottom, (b) the middle level’s own corruption, (c) “technicization” when middle-level professionals and expert groups are used to legalize… Show more
“……even where there are mechanisms to check corruption, managers at the various levels of the organization have their own machinations ‘technicization’ to side‐step and trick the system to have their corrupt way through; people engage in a formidable network to ‘eat up’ the technical quality of systems (Adapted from Jávor & Jancsics, ).…”
“……even where there are mechanisms to check corruption, managers at the various levels of the organization have their own machinations ‘technicization’ to side‐step and trick the system to have their corrupt way through; people engage in a formidable network to ‘eat up’ the technical quality of systems (Adapted from Jávor & Jancsics, ).…”
“…In most cases this shift down the hierarchy sometimes occurs because the expertise necessary for "successful" illegal exchanges only exists at lower layers. The knowledge of bookkeepers, controllers, engineers and lawyers about organizational technology is necessary to hide illegal and corrupt deals of the bosses behind normal operation (J avor & Jancsics, 2013). In other cases, corrupt actors with higher status want to remain safely hidden, so they let lower level employees take the risks and do the "dirty work.…”
Section: Imperatives Embedded In Organizational Hierarchiesmentioning
a b s t r a c tThis paper challenges the mainstream social scientific approach that emphasizes "moral inferiority" in corruption and bribery in Central and Eastern Europe. We argue that in many cases, people participate in informal organizational resource exchanges not because of immorality or greed but rather because of powerful external forces. By using the case of contemporary Hungary to support this argument, this paper provides a systematic analysis of such imperatives. The findings of 50 in-depth qualitative interviews suggest that two main imperatives can be distinguished; macro-level social and mezzo-level organizational forces. Macro-level forces may be linked to historical paths, Hungary's socialist and presocialist social conditions, and its post-socialist welfare state development. Mezzo-level organizational forces are more general phenomena and can be found in many other countries in the world. Moreover, there are numerous categories within each theme. Some of them represent normative imperatives, while others are more material structural forces.
“…Amiért ezt a kutatási témát mégis különösen fontosnak tartom saját kutatásom szempontjából, az pontosan annak elterjedtsége, a közigazgatási rendszer egészét átható volta (Transparency International, 2012). A szervezeti korrupciót felfoghatjuk a hatalmi viszonyok leképeződéseként is (Jávor-Jancsics, 2013). Márpedig amennyiben az állam döntéseit átjárja a korrupció, annak nyomozhatónak kell lennie a tértermelés folyamatában is.…”
Section: Tértermelés Az Intézményi Korrupción Keresztül: Egy Jövőbeniunclassified
“…A szervezeti hatalom nemcsak anyagi előnnyé transzformálható. Megvalósulhat például a kiválasztási folyamatok befolyásolása által (például egy pályázat esetében), nem nyilvános információk átadásával bizonyos szereplő vagy szereplők előnyös helyzetbe hozása érdekében (mondjuk egy megbízásos munka esetén), közigazgatási eljárások ügymenete feletti ellenőrzés által, vagy a szervezeti ügymenet legitimálása feletti rendelkezési joggal való visszaéléssel (Jávor-Jancsics, 2013). Ameddig az állam makroszintű gazdasági szabályozórendszere a tejes vállalati szektort érinti, a vállalkozások mindegyike függ az állam szervezeti erőforrásaitól.…”
Section: Tértermelés Az Intézményi Korrupción Keresztül: Egy Jövőbeniunclassified
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