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In particular, coercive pressures are represented by the influence of powerful stakeholders who function in the organizational field on which the firm is dependent. Such stakeholders include government and regulators, the media, important customers and suppliers, as well as certification bodies whose form...
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Respondents are asked if they, during the past year, have ‘had to pay a bribe, give a gift, or do a favor to government officials in order to’ a) ‘Avoid a problem with the police (like passing a checkpoint or avoiding a fine or arrest)’, b) ‘Get a document or a permit’....
The authors found that reducing corruption, one of the tenets of quality government, can significantly reduce infant and under-five child mortality. The issue of corruption in the health sector is pervasive [16]. The particular susceptibility of the health sector to corruption arises from the ...
More recently, in January 2024, the DOJ and the SEC announced that its collaboration with South African authorities prompted a USD $220 million resolution with global software company SAP SE for violating the FCPA by employing third-party intermediaries and consultants to pay bribes to government ...
despite the political obligations to strengthen the economies at the sub-regional level. The African Development Bank (ADB) has observed an annual increase in government spending, which can be attributed to factors such as a growing population, inflation, foreign aid, high insecurity levels, and on...
During his nine-year rule, Zuma sought to “capture the state,” to remake South Africa’s fledgling young democratic government into a machine to enrich himself, his family, and his friends. No sooner did he take office in 2009 then he began stacking key government-owned enterprises with ...
in privately owned Russian banks (Gorman2013; Jordan2016). As another example, a MNC that manufactures tires settled charges pertaining to the alleged payment of bribes by its subsidiaries in Angola and Kenya to the employees of both government-owned entities (i.e., public corruption) and ...
Research examining the role of institutions in accounting for corruption provides alternative mechanisms through which institutions are argued to influence corruption. One school of thought focuses on political institutions (including, but not limited to, written constitutions, the type of government in pla...