White Collar Crime: Unearthing Collusion in the Procurement of Infrastructure Projects

Signor, Regis; Love, Peter E.D.; Ika, Lavagnon A.

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“…For others, refer to Figure 1. Part of the results agrees with Manu et al (2018) and Signor et al (2020). The former authors discovered that interference and nepotism, accountability, corruption and conflict of interest, integrity and transparency are top on the challenges negatively influencing public infrastructure procurement.…”

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“…The former authors discovered that interference and nepotism, accountability, corruption and conflict of interest, integrity and transparency are top on the challenges negatively influencing public infrastructure procurement. Signor et al (2020) found collusion, bid-rigging, corruption, pricefixing, cartel formation and embezzlement of misappropriated funds, among others, in the Brazilian procurement of infrastructure projects. Regarding corruption as one of the major issues, findings agree with Asuquo et al (2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Faulkner et al (2003) affirmed that the plague "corruption" takes different forms, from bid-rigging to cartel formation. Levenstein andSuslow (2006), Transparency International (2016) and Signor et al (2020) avowed that there are cases where price-fixing is coordinated within the cartel members with money-making conniving pricing tactics and by monitoring other members' behaviour to mitigate defection or traitor in the process. Examples of these cartels are the heavy electrical equipment company in the USA in the 1950s (Faulkner et al, 2003) and the Canadian construction industry cartels (Clark et al, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…(2003) affirmed that the plague “corruption” takes different forms, from bid-rigging to cartel formation. Levenstein and Suslow (2006), Transparency International (2016) and Signor et al. (2020) avowed that there are cases where price-fixing is coordinated within the cartel members with money-making conniving pricing tactics and by monitoring other members’ behaviour to mitigate defection or traitor in the process.…”

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Unravelling the encumbrances in procurement management of Nigeria's infrastructure development: pitfalls and prospects of projects

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PurposeProcurement management in infrastructure development has gained considerable attention in developing countries. It is because of the success in the developed nations. Studies have shown that Nigeria's infrastructure development needs far exceed its current provision. Also, studies are scarce to reveal whether procurement management has been successful in infrastructure development projects in Nigeria. Therefore, this paper investigated the root cause of the perceived encumbrances impeding procurement management in infrastructure development projects and proffered policy measures to improve future Nigeria's infrastructure development.Design/methodology/approachData were collected via unexplored exploratory virtual interviews and selected cases from secondary sources. The engaged construction and engineering consultants have been involved in the procurement management of infrastructure projects in Nigeria. Thematic analysis was adopted to analyse the collected data.FindingsThe root causes of the pitfalls that emerged from the study include lack of competition and transparency, embezzlement and mismanagement of public funds, snail speed bureaucracy and bottleneck and lack of skills and knowledge. Others are collusion/bid-rigging/price-fixing/cartel formation, corruption, lack of professionalism, unbridled politicking, embezzlement and mismanagement of public funds, incompetence of tender boards, lack of patriotism to national service and lack of government organisations’ procurement capacity.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper is restricted to unravelling the encumbrances in procurement management of Nigeria's infrastructure development projects. Future research is desirable to adopt a quantitative approach for more extensive coverage and validate findings from this paper.Practical implicationsThe paper findings, including those learnt from each case study evaluated, would undoubtedly influence policymakers and construction and engineering practitioners on the key strategies to employ in implementing future procurement management in Nigeria's infrastructure development projects.Originality/valueThis paper would assist policymakers and other stakeholders desirous of improved infrastructure to focus their priorities in mitigating the identified root cause hindering procurement management in Nigeria's infrastructure management.

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“…Cesi B. and Lorusso M. investigated the issues of conspiracies in public procurement and the role of subcontracting in such relations (Cesi, Lorusso, 2020). Regis Signor, Peter E. D. Love and Lavagnon A. Ika studied the criminal conspiracies in the procurement of infrastructure projects (Signor, Love, Ika, 2020).…”

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This article defines measures aimed at forming economic security in the field of public procurement in Ukraine. It was established that despite the large number of publications related to the study of anti-corruption in the field of public procurement, the impact of such activities on the national economy of Ukraine and the economic security of Ukraine as a whole have not been studied. It is given the classification of measures to prevent corruption in the field of public procurement, the impact of such measures on the formation of economic security in the field of public procurement in Ukraine is determined.According to the results of the study it is established that: 1) the entrepreneur and representatives of customers in most cases add 20 to 40 % of "kickbacksˮ to the value of the procurement before the procurement procedure, which further affects their cost, which in turn

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The Labyrinth of Corruption in the Construction Industry: A System Dynamics Model Based on 40 Years of Research

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The academic literature has viewed drivers of corruption in isolation and, consequently, failed to examine their synergistic effect. Such an isolated view provides incomplete information, leads to a misleading conclusion, and causes great difficulty in curbing corruption. This paper conducts a systematic literature review to identify the drivers of corruption in the construction industry. Subsequently, it develops a system dynamics (SD) model by conceptualizing corruption as a complex system of interacting drivers. Building on stakeholder and open systems theories, the proposed SD model shows how the complex reinforcing relationship between authoritative, organizational, cultural, and financial drivers of corruption further increases corrupt practices. The new model also provides lessons that can be helpful in the development of policy frameworks to control corruption in the construction industry. To achieve success in the fight against corruption, the findings of this research suggest that (1) corruption must be understood at both the organizational and state levels, (2) anticorruption practices must be informed by ethically grounded stakeholder management strategies, and (3) anticorruption reforms must go hand-in-hand with strategies to tackle the economic downturn.

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White Collar Crime: Unearthing Collusion in the Procurement of Infrastructure Projects

Cited by 17 publications

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Unravelling the encumbrances in procurement management of Nigeria's infrastructure development: pitfalls and prospects of projects

Unravelling the encumbrances in procurement management of Nigeria's infrastructure development: pitfalls and prospects of projects

Theoretical and Methodological Fundamentals in Formation of Economic Security in the Field of Public Procurement

The Labyrinth of Corruption in the Construction Industry: A System Dynamics Model Based on 40 Years of Research

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