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Towards a social construction of corruption: public discourse case

Towards a social construction of corruption: public discourse case. Aleksandras Dobryninas Laimute Zilinskiene Vilnius University (Lithuania). The problem:. ... the definition of corruption has changed over time to include more types of official and private conduct.

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Towards a social construction of corruption: public discourse case

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  1. Towards a social construction of corruption: public discourse case Aleksandras Dobryninas Laimute Zilinskiene Vilnius University (Lithuania)

  2. The problem: • ...the definition of corruption has changed over time to include more types of official and private conduct. Anehiarico, Frank and James B. Jacobs. The Pursuit of Absolute Integrity: How Corruption Control Makes Government Ineffective. • Origin of “corruption”: from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpere, that means pervert, deprave; spoil. Oxford Dictionary • Contemporary usage of “corruption”: abuse of public power for private gains TI Source Book

  3. Moral and managerial aspects in the definition ofcorruption • Professional, political and public discourses of corruption: • Corruption as a lack of administrative skills and capacities; • Corruption as an ability to control; • Corruption as a social evil; • Corruption practice: between blame and justification: • Legal aspects of the attitude to corruption; • Moral aspects of the attitude to corruption

  4. Corruption in the general context of social problems in Lithuania (Lithuanian map of corruption, TILC, 2009) • Among the main social problems in Lithuania, corruption: • occupies the 3rd place, based on the opinion of its residents, • occupies the 1st place based on the opinion of public servants, • occupies the 4th place based on the opinion of company managers.

  5. Residents’ attitude to bribe% (Lithuanian map of corruption, TILC)

  6. Bribery: reasoning for giving/not giving a bribe (Lithuanian map of corruption, TILC, 2009)

  7. Responsibility for bribery (in-depth interview with seven representatives of business, public service, and law enforcement, VU, April – June, 2010) • Equal legal responsibility for bribe givers and bribe takers; • Different personal responsibilities: • Bribe givers “less” guilty than bribe takers; • Asymmetrical sanctions: • Emphasizing criminal charges for bribe givers (business); • Emphasizing prohibition to run similar position in the public service for bribe takers.

  8. Final remarks • The attitude to corruption in public discourse (at least in Lithuania) is controversial process. On the one hand, corruption is blamed as a moral wrong, as unwanted phenomenon of society. On the other hand, corruption in form of bribery can be justified as inevitable process and price for imperfect administration and management.

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