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How Prevalent Is Bribery? A Ranking of 52 Countries

In: The Ethics of Bribery

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  • Robert W. McGee

    (Fayetteville State University)

  • Jiahua Zhou

    (Fayetteville State University)

Abstract

The present study is part of a much larger study that examined the ethics of bribery and the ethics of tax evasion from a variety of perspectives. Data were taken from the most recent wave of the World Values Survey. The survey asked individuals in 52 countries how frequently ordinary people pay a bribe or a gift or do a favor to local officials/service providers in order to get services. The options were 1 = never, 2 = rarely, 3 = frequently, and 4 = always. Weighted averages were calculated, and countries were ranked from most frequent to least frequent. The countries where bribery was least prevalent were Singapore (1), Germany (2), Turkey (3), New Zealand (4), and Indonesia (5). The five countries where bribery was most prevalent were China (52), Zimbabwe (51), Kenya (50), Bolivia (49), and Bangladesh (48). The views of men and women differed somewhat. In 36 countries, men believed that bribery was more prevalent than did the women. In 16 cases, women believed bribery was more prevalent.

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  • Robert W. McGee & Jiahua Zhou, 2023. "How Prevalent Is Bribery? A Ranking of 52 Countries," Springer Books, in: Robert W. McGee & Serkan Benk (ed.), The Ethics of Bribery, chapter 0, pages 273-288, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-17707-1_16
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-17707-1_16
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