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Corruption In The Public And Private Sector From Romania: A Comparative Study

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  • Silviu DUȚULESCU
  • Ileana NIȘULESCU-ASHRAFZADEH

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Corruption is becoming an increasingly acute problem lately for Romania and the authorities are trying to find solutions in this regard. Until now the anti-corruption strategy has undergone four stages, by approving as many sets of anti-corruption strategic documents (National Anti-corruption Strategies in 2001, 2005, 2008 and 2012). In this research, we started from the assumption that there is a correlation between corruption in the public sector and the corruption in the private sector, involving the corrupting power represented by the private sector and corruptible power represented by the public sector. The hypothesis was confirmed by detailed analyzes conducted in this regard using a number of variables such as the percentage of convictions in the public or private sector, the position that the culprit holds, the county he/she comes from, the institution in which they operate, type of sentence (suspended or performed) and the penalty in months. Then using the statistical functions Data Analysis, PivotTable of Excel software, the 3110 observations were processed. The centralizing tables were made by filtration and then the ventilation data by numerical and geographical coordinates. The quantitative information provided by these summary tables combined with qualitative information derived from extensive analyzes conducted during this investigation, led to the confirmation of the basic assumption that there is a correlation between corruption manifested in the public and private sector. This correlation becomes more powerful as the bureaucratic system, namely the workload in the public sector is growing. In this regard, we have concrete examples in the counties of Cluj, Timiș, Constanța, Prahova, Bucharest, respectively.

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  • Silviu DUȚULESCU & Ileana NIȘULESCU-ASHRAFZADEH, 2017. "Corruption In The Public And Private Sector From Romania: A Comparative Study," Junior Scientific Researcher, SC Research Publishing SRL, vol. 3(1), pages 30-39, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:jsr:journl:v:3:y:2017:i:1:p:30-39
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    Keywords

    corruption; public sector; private sector; convicted individuals; counties;
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    JEL classification:

    • H19 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Other
    • J19 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Other

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