For Catherine Owens

INT 113 Module Three Discussion: Political Ideologies and Corruption

Government Overview (Central Intelligence Agency, 2015)

Corruption (Transparency International, 2015)

Business Observations

 Bribery is considered a crime in the Greek Government and it is punished with severe penalties. An OECD Anti-Bribery Convention was ratified by the Greek Parliament on November 5th, 1998 and implemented on February 15th, 1999.

 During recent years, the Greek government seems determined to fight corruption and bribery through increasing the effectiveness of legislation and the introduction of severe penalties.  In addition, public participation and transparency mechanisms are also needed to improve disclosure of relevant information.

 The Corruption Perceptions Index 2012 ranks Greece in 94th place in terms of perceived levels of corruption by their citizens. Corruption in Greece became prevalent after 1981; specifically after entering the European Community and electing its first ever Socialist government. Since then, a large number of major corruption scandals (some count over 150) have been exposed in the Greek press. (M. Zoakas, 2010).

 The Greek Government, in order to fight corruption in public administration, has created inspection bodies, which investigate cases in central and local public sectors.

References

Central Intelligence Agency. (2015). The world factbook: Turkey. Retrieved from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the- world-factbook/geos/tu.html

Robins-Early, N. (2015). Photos capture celebrations in Turkey after election results come in. The Huffington Post. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/07/turkey-election-2015-hdp-photos_n_7530408.html

Transparency International. (2015). Corruption by country/territory: Turkey. Retrieved from http://www.transparency.org/country#TUR