Abstract
Corruption is a very acute problem in the sphere of the public procurement. Considering that standard approach to this problem (e.g. severe sanctions or addition to a salary) does not lead to positive results in the long-term, non standard solutions for reduction of corruption regarding the personality of the corrupted official should be found (Krivinsh, 2012a). Having agreed that the corruption is a phenomenon that is determined by several conditions, such as historical, economic, social, normative, psychological etc., the main focus of attention of the author within the present article is directed towards the level of development of standard regulation of public purchases. The results of the research can be used both by specialists of the anticorruption institutions and procurement practitioners.
Highlights
This article is devoted to the topic of reduction of corrupt practices in the sphere of public procurement
The following judgements of the experts were received as an answer to the question – What kind of violations takes place in public procurements and what is the frequency of their occurrence?: Entrepreneur I.S. holds a view that deliberate or unintentional violations of public procurement procedures take place every day
Majority of the experts did not give definite answers to the question “How do you evaluate the spread of corruption in public procurements of Latvia?” Most often the experts substantiated their difficulties to give a definite answer by the absence of statistics or lack of scientific research in the field
Summary
This article is devoted to the topic of reduction of corrupt practices in the sphere of public procurement. The topicality of the topic is grounded by the author on the surveys of citizens of the EU countries and international indexes – Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), Global Corruption Barometer (GCB), Bribe Payers Index (BPI), Global Corruption Report (GCR), National Integrity System assessments (NIS), Ease of doing business index, Global Integrity Report, Global Competitiveness Report, International Country Risk Guide (ICRG). Public procurement is an area sensitive to corruption and it cannot be viewed separately from the overall context of corruption level. The corruption cases that came to light during last year’s (e.g. Daimler AG, Siemens AG, Johnson & Johnson, INNOSPEC INC, BAE (Krivinsh, 2012b), confirm this thesis
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