Search results for "bribery"
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Corruption in international business: A review and research agenda
2020
Abstract We systematically reviewed the literature on corruption in international business (137 articles) for the last 17 years between 1992 and 2019. Additionally, we identified seven research streams in this growing literature: (1) the legislation against corruption, (2) the determinants of corruption, (3) combating corruption, 4) the effect of corruption on firms, (5) the political environment and corruption, (6) corruption as a challenge to existing theories of management, and (7) the effect of corruption on foreign direct investment and trade. Based on this review, we recommend that strong international laws are needed to minimize the negative impact of corruption on international busi…
Per una critica dell’art. 319-quater c.p. Una terza via tra concussione e corruzione
2013
L’introduzione dell’art. 319-quater mira a risolvere i problemi storicamente po-sti dalla distinzione tra corruzione e concussione. Pur sorretta da uno spunto condivisibile, quella disposizione, per il modo in cui è concretamente concepita, finisce tuttavia per solle-vare un novero di questioni fors’anche superiore rispetto a quelle che contribuisce a risolve-re. Gli stessi problemi si sarebbero potuti assai più agevolmente risolvere, già in vigenza del precedente sistema, sol che si fosse accettato di superare il dogma della mutua esclusività di quelle due fattispecie.
A critical analysis of corruption and anti-corruption policies in Italy
2020
Purpose This study aims to critically analyse the Law 9 January 2019, n. 3, on “Measures to fight crimes against the public administration and on the transparency of political parties and movements” (so-called bribe-destroyer law). Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on reports, legal scholarship and other open-source data to examine a legislative innovation for the corruption in Italy in relation to the general guarantees of the trial process and with the controversial paradigm of the national perception index of bribery. Findings The Italian legislative initiative that will be examined is innovative in nature and goes beyond the constitutional and conventional principles on proc…
La corruzione privata e la riforma dell'art. 2635 c.c.
2013
L'articolo esplora il trattamento penale dei fatti di corruzione privata, anche alla luce della recente legge n. 190/2012. Due le tesi principali sostenute: 1) contrariamente a quel che si crede, nel nostro ordinamento esiste già (ed esisteva anche prima del 2012) una incriminazione - sia pur non diretta - dei fatti di corruzione privata; 2) la riforma del 2012 cambia l'offensita' tipica dei reati di cui all'art. 2635 c.c., affiancando alla tutela del patrimonio, una tutela della concorrenza quale interesse dei consumatori. The paper explores the Italian discipline on private bribery, which has recently undergone significant reform through law no. 190/2012.
A dynamic simulation approach to frame drivers and implications of corruption practices on firm performance
2014
Corruption is a multifaceted socio-economic phenomenon widely spread - although with different intensity - all around the world. Many studies on corruption have been conducted at a country-level, but relatively little effort has been placed in evaluating its implications, in terms of both financial and competitive performance, at a firm-level. Therefore, this paper aims at exploring the causal relationships underlying the effect of corruption on firm performance in order to show the different scenarios that may emerge from the combination between external (i.e., contextual conditions) and internal (i.e., organizational characteristics) forces that drive corruption. To this end, we adopt a D…
Il caso Nicastri e il "sistema criminale" delle energie rinnovabili
2016
Il capitolo mette a fuoco il problematico concetto di «impresa mafiosa» studiando il caso del gruppo imprenditoriale Nicastri e la rete criminale che coinvolge politici, mafiosi, burocrati, imprese e mediatori nell'ambito delle energie alternative. This chapter focuses on the problematic concept of 'mafia enterprise' by studying the case of the entrepreneurial group Nicastri and the criminal network involving politicians, mafiosi, bureaucrats, businesses and mediators in the field of alternative energies.
Kukuļņemšanas un kukuļdošanas kvalifikācijas aktuālie jautājumi
2017
Maģistra darba mērķis ir izpētīt korupcijas izplatītākos veidus – kukuļņemšanu un kukuļdošanu un ar tām saistītas kvalifikācijas problēmas. Lai izprastu šobrīd spēkā esošā tiesiskā regulējuma nepilnības vai problēmas kukuļņemšanas un kukuļdošanas jomā, darba autore analizēja tā vēsturisko attīstību, izpētot svarīgākos normatīvos aktus, kas bija spēkā Latvijas teritorijā dažādos laika periodos. Kvalifikācijas problēmas, kā, piemēram, laiks, kad kukuļdošana tiek atzīta par pabeigtu noziedzīgu nodarījumu, tika konstatētas Latvijas tiesu prakses analīzes rezultātā. Darba autore pievērsās arī šobrīd aktuālajai nodoma interpretācijas problēmai kukuļošanas lietās un sniedza savu viedokli, norādot …
An assessment of the ethical dimensions that impact on corruption
2006
This paper addresses the ethical dimensions of corruption. Corruption in the form of bribery is widespread in the developing world and this includes Mauritius. Corruption assessed in absolute terms is unethical. However, if one were to use relativistic views, one would make allowances for ‘mild’ forms of corruption like seeking favours to obtain unwarranted advantages or paying bribes in the form of ‘speed-up gratuities’. Our study shows that in many contexts, acts of corruption are accepted and justified either on the basis of the gains they bring to the individual who offered the bribe or undertake to seek the particular favour. It depends on the values prevailing in particular societies,…
Revisiting the Salt Lake City Olympic scandal: Would the outcome be different today?
2016
Many international sport organizations face bribery scandals resulting from its event bidding process. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) faced this type of scandal with the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. Two members of the Salt Lake City Organizing Committee (SLOC) faced 15 criminal charges from providing more than US$1.2 million in cash and gifts to entice IOC members to support its bid. Ultimately both SLOC members were acquitted of all charges. Can a new interpretation of the United States’ anti-bribery law, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), be effective in preventing similar sport scandals? peerReviewed
What can Bilfinger teach Olympic sponsors?
2016
Bilfinger SE (Bilfinger) is a leading international engineering and services group (Bilfinger.com, 2015), and was a local sponsor of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The company is accused of paying bribes through its subsidiary company, Mauell, (dw. com, 2015) to public officials in Brazil for contracts related to the 2014 World Cup (Cassin, 2015). The corruption allegations relate to orders to equip security command centers at twelve host cities during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil (dw.com, 2015). Because Brazil hosted the 2014 FIFA World Cup and will host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, companies need to consider the risks of many international anti-corruption laws, such as Brazil’s anti-corruptio…