Integrity Plan: A Useful Measure for Curbing Corruption at National and Local Level
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4335/10.4335/16.1.167-191(2018)Keywords:
corruption, integrity plan, public sector, state and local authorities, Commission for the Prevention of CorruptionAbstract
Corruption is a society disease necessitating a preventive approach. As it is both a national and a local issue, its treatment must be facilitated through national and local efforts. In view of the fact that the best remedy against it is integrity, this paper focuses on the concept of integrity plan, revealing the results of the thereto-related implementation efforts in the Slovenian public sector after the 2nd deadline for integrity plan submission. In general, integrity plan was acknowledged as a useful preventive anti-corruption measure well accepted by the state authorities but less by the local ones.
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