To be corrupt or not to be corrupt

Abstract

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Corruption in Organizations: Ethical Climate and Individual Motives

“…It suggests a considerable shift in thinking about the causes of corruption and corruption-control initiatives is needed. In their review on corruption research, Andvig et al (2001, p. 39) concluded that "in recent years, economic explanations of corruption have been the most cited and probably also the most influential for policy formulations" (see also (Prabowo 2014;Shover and Bryant 1993;Dimant 2013;Svensson 2005)). Present organizational anti-corruption approaches appear to rest heavily on deterrence-detecting and punishing transgressions-and on diminishing opportunities for engaging in corruption-e.g., the 'four-eyes-policy'.…”

“…Various disciplines have postulated explanations for why some individuals are more prone to corruption than others, specifically economics, criminology, and social psychology (Gorsira et al 2016). The most prominently explanations include incentives (Dong et al 2012;Prabowo 2014;Shover and Bryant 1993;Andvig et al 2001;Dimant 2013), opportunities (see, for instance, Aguilera and Vadera 2008;Pinto et al 2008;Graycar and Sidebottom 2012), and norms (see, for instance, Powpaka 2002; Köbis et al 2015;Rabl and Kühlmann 2008;Tavits 2010). A recent study demonstrated that all of these factors were, indeed, related to proneness to corruption (Gorsira et al 2016).…”

The Community Role in Prevention and Eradication of Corruption

“…So that families, communities and law enforcers work together to build a nation and state without corruption. Yogi Prabowo (2014), states that The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) formulated its corruption eradication strategy which covers four main areas, namely: 1) The field of institutional development; 2) Prevention field; 3) Actions; 4) The field of community participation.…”

Influencing Factors Of Business-Fraud Intention On Young Muslim Entrepreneurs In Palembang City

“…This creates a strong motivation to defraud. After having the motivation and availability of opportunity, fraud can be used as a solution to the problems (Prabowo, 2014). The emerging opportunities are linked to the weakness of the organization's control system with a low probability of knowing.…”

“…Rationalization is needed so that the perpetrator can accept the unlawful behavior to keep the identity as a trusted person. Opinion of rationalization has various types such as "I deserve it", "management does not care about me", "no one is hurt", "this is to help the company" (Prabowo, 2014).…”