More than half (51%) of company managers believe that corruption is widespread in the business environment of their country, according to an international study by Ernst & Young on the risks of fraud in Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA).
Among 41 countries, Ukraine ranks first - 88% of respondents answered in the affirmative. Denmark, Norway and Finland have the lowest corruption in business.
The study shows that 77% of board members or senior managers claim that they could justify unethical behavior to help the business survive, with one in three of them willing to offer a cash reward in exchange for concluding or renewing a contract.
77% of global respondents agree that prosecution of individuals will help prevent fraud, bribery and corruption among leaders.
Bribery / corruption is widespread in the country. The table shows the percentage of respondents who answered yes. Rating 2017 Country% 2017% 2015 Rating L4L * Rating 2015 1 Ukraine 88 80 1 7 2 Cyprus 82 N / AN / AN / A 3 Greece 81 69 2 12 4 Slovakia 81 78 3 8 5 Croatia 79 92 4 1 6 Kenya 79 90 5 2 7 South Africa 79 78 6 9 8 Hungary 78 73 7 10 9 India 78 80 8 6 10 Egypt 75 64 9 15 11 Slovenia 74 87 10 3 12 Nigeria 73 72 11 11 13 Italy 71 67 12 14 14 Bulgaria 68 N / AN / AN / A 15 Turkey 67 63 13 16 16 Russia 66 60 14 18 17 Spain 64 69 15 13 18 Czech Republic 63 61 16 17 19 Portugal 60 82 17 5 20 Serbia 57 84 18 4 21 Jordan 53 N / AN / AN / A 22 Latvia 51 55 19 19 23 Ireland 47 50 20 20 24 Lithuania 47 45 21 21 25 Germany 43 26 22 30 26 Saudi Arabia 43 44 23 22 27 P Flax 38 43 24 23 28 Belgium 36 34 25 27 29 Austria 32 42 26 24 30 Estonia 32 21 27 33 31 Romania 31 39 28 25 32 France 28 29 29 28 33 United Arab Emirates 27 24 30 31 34 United Kingdom 25 27 31 29 35 Netherlands 23 13 32 34 36 Devyasil 19 36 33 26 37 Sweden 18 10 34 37 38 Switzerland 18 12 35 35 39 Finland 16 11 36 36 40 Norway 10 21 37 32 41 Denmark 6 4 38 38 Average number of respondents: 2017 51% 2017 L4L, 2015 51% (L4L = Like for Like - countries that participated in the study both in 2015 and in 2017). Source: EY EMEIA Fraud Survey 2017.
The company Ipsos MORI, engaged in international market research, from November 2016 to January 2017, commissioned EY conducted 4100 interviews in 41 countries in the EMEIA region. Interviews were conducted in the native languages ??of respondents online or in person. Among the respondents are members of the boards of directors, middle and senior managers, as well as other employees representing companies of different sizes and from different industries. The study was conducted in Ukraine, where 100 employees were interviewed.
According to a poll conducted by the Razumkov Center and the Democratic Initiatives Foundation, held in May 2016, 67% of Ukrainians consider the main cause of the current social and economic crisis Ukrainians to be the corruption of government officials.
According to a poll conducted by the Sociological Group "Rating" in June 2016, the majority of Ukrainians (53%) are aware of the high level of corruption in the country from the media. At the same time, 10% said that the last year they personally gave bribes, and 22% reported that bribes were given by their relatives and acquaintances.