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Corruption stands as one of the many obstacles to the political and economic security of the Eastern European region. Thus, despite the political and economic instability in the region, Eastern European countries, in and outside of the European Union need to fight corruption collectively and individually. The task is difficult, but hope is justified because the causes of corruption in this part of the region are similar and anti-corruption expertise is available. We believe that a deeper analysis of corruption's drivers can produce a better articulated and more efficient anti-corruption strategy. This strategy will create an anti-corruption infrastructure that will strengthen the Eastern European Partnership. As a prelude to the deeper analysis that we believe must be a part of this strategy, this paper identifies the main drivers of corruption in the Eastern European Partnership countries and explains why addressing these drivers will strengthen the Eastern European Partnership.

Corruption is a complex social process involving not only institutions & systems, but also individual actors. Corrupt transactions begin with two individuals, both dealing with excitatory & inhibitory forces. In a form of power relations, these two individuals exchange power resources. Since the transaction is sanctionable, the dyadic interaction must be performed with secret communication & trust. Social network theory is used to develop a model of how corrupt dyadic transactions expand into corrupt networks of resource exchange. Corruption prevention programs should include monitoring channels of communication between individuals with resource dependencies, targeting cases where public employees strongly share interests not in line with organizational interests, & conceptualizing corruption in terms of power flows & relations, not individual attributes. M. Pflum

Corruption is a complex social process involving not only institutions & systems, but also individual actors. Corrupt transactions begin with two individuals, both dealing with excitatory & inhibitory forces. In a form of power relations, these two individuals exchange power resources. Since the transaction is sanctionable, the dyadic interaction must be performed with secret communication & trust. Social network theory is used to develop a model of how corrupt dyadic transactions expand into corrupt networks of resource exchange. Corruption prevention programs should include monitoring channels of communication between individuals with resource dependencies, targeting cases where public employees strongly share interests not in line with organizational interests, & conceptualizing corruption in terms of power flows & relations, not individual attributes. M. Pflum

Corruption is one of the socioeconomic malaises that bedeviled the Nigerian State for many decades which virtually eroded all aspects of good governance and effective service delivery to the populace. It has affected democratic governance particularly electoral process with vote buying, bribing of electoral body officials and manipulation of the entire process. This paper investigated how corruption affected the process and outcome of the 2015 General Elections. The methodology adopted is qualitative case study of data collection and analysis where some agencies and stakeholders that are related to the area of study were selected for interview including INEC, EFCC, politicians, party stakeholders, academicians and members of the general public through focus group discussion. The paper discovered that, the entire process of 2015 General Elections was affected by corruption and corrupt practices in terms of using public treasury for campaign activities by politicians from the two major parties; APC and PDP in their campaign and other electoral activities comprising of vote buying, excessive media campaign, spending above limit and bribing of INEC officials. The paper recommends that, for corruption to be eschewed in the electoral process, the INEC should be allowed a free hand in running the elections and the EFCC should be involved in screening contestants for political office and violaters of electoral laws should be banned from active politics permanently. The paper contributed to the existing knowledge by presenting an area that has not been given adequate attention particularly in the methodology of research of this nature.

Past corruption research at the individual level has mainly focused on demographics, personality, attitudes, or morality related variables. Until now, only a few studies have focused on the intra -individual psychological mechanisms of corruption. Building on normative decision-making theory, the present study attempts to shed further light on the internal mechanisms that lead to the decision that corruption is a viable path. Following an informed grounded theory approach, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 38 Indonesian prisoners who have been convicted of corruption. Guided by a multi-step decision-making process, including problem recognition, information search, and evaluation of the information, our results revealed unique insights into individuals' considerations that led to corruption. We elaborate on interrelations between these stages and explore new forms of corrupt decision-making elements within this process. Theoretical implications for corruption research and the practical implications for anti-corruption programs of these findings are discussed.

Preliminary pages -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1. Good government and corruption -- 2. Research: A tool for building corruption resistance - Angela Gorta -- 3. An international human rights approach to corruption - Zoe Pearson -- 4. Regulating virtue: formulating, engendering and enforcing corporate ethical codes - Andrew Brien -- 5. Building organisational integrity - Catherine Boardman and Vicki Klum -- 6. Controlling corruption by heads of government and political elites - David A. Chaikin -- 7. The microeconomics of corruptionthe classical approach - Flavio M. Menezes -- 8. Transnational crime: corruption, crony capitalism and nepotism in the twenty-first century - John McFarlane -- 9. The prevention and control of economic crime - Peter Grabosky -- 10. Use of information technology to address institutional failure - Asim Barman -- 11. Depoliticising key institutions for combatting corruptiont: the new Thai constitution - Borwornsak Uwanno -- 12. Combatting corruption in the Philippine Customs Service - Guillermo Parayno, Jr. -- 13. Corruption as a social process from dyads to networks - John Warburton -- References -- Index