Abuse of Ministerial Authority,Systemic Perjury,and Obstruction of Justice: Corruption in the Shadows of Organizational Practice |
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Authors: | Seraphim Voliotis |
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Institution: | (1) The Ware Institute for Civic Engagement, Franklin & Marshall College, P.O. Box 3003, Lancaster, PA 17604, USA;(2) Department of Political Science, NorthWestern University, Scott Hall, 601 University Place, Evanston, IL 60208, USA |
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Abstract: | Organizational corruption has recently attracted considerable scholarly attention, especially since its devastating effects
following recent major corporate scandals, the worldwide economic crisis of 2009, and the current European Union monetary
crisis. This paper is based on the analysis of three distinct, yet contextually related, case studies in a European Union
member state: (a) an incident of corruption by a minister in an adjudicative role, (b) widespread financial misreporting and
perjury within an organization, and (c) abuse of due process and obstruction of justice by civil servants within a ministry.
These cases serve to illustrate, for the first time, Aguilera and Vadera’s (in J Bus Ethics 77:431–449, 2008) framework of organizational corruption, which relates distinct types of a corrupter’s opportunity, motivation, and justification
with the type of corruption present in the organization. Furthermore, the data suggest how the framework may be extended and
reveal conceptual issues that require reconciliation. This study attempts such reconciliations and offers some suggestions
on how the findings may be utilized by policy reformers or corruption controllers. |
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