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Gábor Papanek:
Corruption in international business transactions.
Introduction
The following studies elaborated in GKI Co. for the United
Nations' research entitled "Assessment of Corruption in Hungary".
Our duty was to reveal corruption cases linked with foreign
trade activities. In the first chapter we summarised some
general issues of the theoretical background, in the second
chapter we discussed the main elements of legal regulation
for the topic. Then in three detailed case studies we presented
the main results of the empirical research. The most important
conclusions were summarised in the closing chapter.
Due to the sensitive topic, we had hard time in finding case
study authors. When finally the cases were selected, we aimed
at throwing spotlight on the typical and yet diverse problems
of Hungarian corruption. The first case study shows the necessity
of interpreting corruption in a broad sense and the importance
of fighting the rather sophisticated "white collar" crimes.
The second case study is a warning how repeatedly occurring
smaller crimes imply substantial danger for the society. The
third reveals the wide range of networks that may be associated
with corruption, the crimes, money laundering etc. attempts
connected to bribery and the difficulties of judicial punishment.
The authors would like to believe that the experience of
their work may be of use for the international fight against
corruption.
(GKI Economic Research Co., 2000)
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