Lobbying as a Form of Corruption

• NCJ Number: 239651
• Journal: Internal Security Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Dated: January - June 2012 Pages: 31-40
• Author(s): Victor D. Gvozdecky
• Date Published: June 2012
• Length: 10 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Legislation/Policy Analysis
• Language: English
• Country: Poland

Annotation

This article analyzes the genesis, current state of anti-corruption legislation, its achievements, prospects and key objectives of its development.

Abstract

Much attention is paid to the study of anti-corruption legislation, the dialectical relationship between the correct definition, the essence of corruption and practical state measures to combat it. The effectiveness of anti-corruption measures is determined by the presence of the necessary legal framework and its effective application in practice. The author believes that the administrative and criminal legislation of Ukraine requires improvements which take into consideration time requirements and the scale of corruption. This article has been created particularly to draw attention to the need for a normative document that would regulate various aspects of lobbying; a very common phenomenon in Ukraine. The author of this article emphasizes that in the new anti-corruption legislation of Ukraine instead of the term 'to fight', 'to prevent and to counteract' have been used. Despite the fact that several acts and regulations on anti-corruption have been implemented, and various pieces of scientific research on this issue have been conducted, a commonly accepted opinion on the nature and structure of the anti-corruption mechanism has not been formed. The normative acts of Ukraine devoted to the fight against corruption describe only individual elements of the legal mechanism to counter corruption. The most complete list of such elements can be found in the Ukrainian legal acts on "On Fight against Corruption" and in some other related regulations (programs). Having agreed that it is necessary to strengthen the position of 'preventive and counteractive' elements, the author believes that the list of these elements was far from complete, which makes it impossible to talk about the appropriate legal mechanisms of counteracting corruption. (Published Abstract)