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Research Articles Issue 1 · 2023 · pp. 71–81 · Issue page

CORRUPTION WITHIN THE ROMANIAN BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT- A “MORGANA FAIRY” OF JUDICIAL INVESTIGATION

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Alexandrina-Augusta BORA1
1 Associate Lecturer PhD, ”Babeș-Bolyai” University, Department of International Relations and Contemporary History, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Corresponding author: [email protected]
DOI https://doi.org/10.38173/RST.2023.25.1.6:71-81
Received 11 January 2023
Revised 28 February 2023
Accepted 12 March 2023
Available Online 15 March 2023
Abstract
THE STUDY ANALYSES THE STATE OF CORRUPTION IN THE ROMANIAN PRIVATE SECTOR, BASED ON OFFICIAL REPORTS AND PUBLIC POLICIES DOCUMENTS. EVEN IF THE MAJORITY OF STUDY IS FOCUSED ON THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND CORRUPTION, PRIVATE SECTOR BEING INVESTIGATED MOSTLY IN THE CONJUNCTION OF BUSINESS WITH PUBLIC INSTITUTION S OR AUTHORITIES, THE RESEARCHERS ALSO STUDIED T HE FACTORS INV OLVED IN CORRUPT BEHAVIOUR WITHIN BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT. RESEARCHERS HAVE SHOWN THAT CORRUPTION NEVER HAS A BENEFICIAL INFLUENCE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP WHEN BOTH DIRECT AND INDIRECT CONSEQUENCES ARE CONSIDERED. BASED ON THE DATA ANALYSED, WE EMPI RICALLY ASSUMED THAT THE BRIBERY IN THE PRIVATE SPHERE IS FOUNDED ON THE SAME PROCESSES AND WAYS OF THINKING AS BRIBERY IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE. SOME OF THIS HYPOTHESIS WERE PARTIALLY TESTED WITHIN SCIENTIFIC RESERCHES, BUT STILL, THERE ARE A LOT OF MECHANISM S TO UNVEIL AND EXPLAIN, ALL THAT IN ORDER TO SET THE OPTIMAL STRATEGIES FOR PREVENTING AND COMBATING CORRUPTION ASLO IN THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT. DUE TO ITS “ETHERIC“ NATURE, CORRUPTION WITHIN BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BEING LESS PERCEIVED AND EVEN LESSER INVE STIGATED BY JU DICIALE BODIES, WE COMPARED THE PHENOMENON WITH “MORGANA FAIRY“ EFFECT, SETTING NEW RESEARCH LINES FOR PREVENTING AND COMBATING CORRUPTION WITHIN ROMANIAN BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.
Keywords
CORRUPTION OFFENCES. BUSINESS CORRUPTION. ANTICORRUPTION POLICIES
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