For this new report, part of a regional series from our Global Corruption Barometer, we spoke to nearly 60.000 people across 42 countries in Europe and Central Asia via face to face and telephone surveys about the current state of public sector graft. Our findings show that few people think that their government has done enought to fight corruption in politics. Over a quarter of citizens see politicians, government officials and business executives as highly corrupt, and nearly three in five citizens think that wealthy individuals have too much influence over government decisions.
In the largest, most comprehensive, survey of its kind we look at the results from across the entire Europe and Central Asia area and also compare how attitudes and experiences of corruption differ between European Union (EU) members, accession countries and the Commonwealth of Indipendent States (CIS). In some aspects, such a bribery, there are strong differences across these three regions, with the CIS suffering in France just as likely as people in Russia to think that their government is not doing enough to fight corruption.
While in theory citizens think that “standing-up”to officials who demand bribes and “speaking out” by reporting cases of corruption are the most effective things that they can do to stop corruption, our reserch also shows that in practice there remain considerable barriers to encouraging more people to report. Particularly in the CIS, accession countries and among new EU members there is a lack of social acceptance for reporters of corruption. Many citizens – including in some old EU member states – also fear that whistleblowers suffer negative consequences as a result of coming forward. These barriers indicate the need for stronger whistleblower protection so that more people are willing to take action against corruption.
Fonte: https://www.transparency.it/people-and-corruption-europe-and-central-asia-global-corruption-barometer/
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