Cross-Country Perceptions of Corruption

Cross-country perceptions of corruption:

Effects of culture, economics and bureaucracy

Abstract

Nowadays there is widely spread view that corruption has become one of the most critical global and ethical problems. There are a lot of theories and empirical research that are objectively addressing the problem of corruption which has grown considerably in recent years. Five distinct countries where chosen such as India, China, Russia, Taiwan, and Saudi Arabia.

The purpose of this research is to explore reasons of high corruption in these countries. The factors such as culture, economic adversity and bureaucracy are considered to derive the influence of these factors in perception of people in those countries. Consequently, the relationship between corruption and the factors mentioned above has been established to certain extent, people of these countries did identify corruption as omnipresent in the whole system. However, they did feel that corruption slows down economic development and has increased inequitable distribution of resources that belong to commons.

The research proposes that the existed level of corruption in these countries is the result of their economic condition, bureaucracy and culture. Moreover, corruption is part of the system but it is not necessarily to be preserved as a part of the culture.

Research questions

1) Give your own idea of corruption in business? What are your thoughts and feelings about corruption?

2) What is level of corruption in your country and which industry is most affected by it and why?

3) What are the reasons of the existence of corruption?

4) Imagine society without corruption.

5) Scenario: Frank has opened a new chocolate business. He imported high quality chocolate. He had a major problem at the customs point where he has been requested by the customs officials to complete tedious amount of paper work which my take couple of days to finish. By the time he finishes, the chocolate stock will be melted and destroyed. He recognized that he will not be able to complete all requirements within the required time as many of them were challenging