corruption

Corruption is no issue in our company – Really?

By |2021-09-08T09:47:49+02:00 8 September, 2021|Interest|

Corruption generally describes a decline in morals that is based on the fact that an expectation is violated. This expectation is defined by a trust provider (a company, the public, etc.), which establishes a behavioral expectation. Corruption describes the visible breach of trust when these behavioral expectations are not met. In the company, these expectations are also called compliance. Corruption always attacks the social fabric, which is built on trust. In addition, corruption can begin as early as the time of signing the employment contract, when the offered position is to be used to fulfill one's own interests or the interests of third parties. Thus, a pretense of facts takes place here. The pretense of loyalty is also used to deceive the company and to abuse trust. Motives for corruption arise from the imbalance of one of the following needs: - Meaning - recognition - success - attention [...]

corruption 2.0 – protecting the company from corruption damage

By |2021-08-19T08:16:13+02:00 19 August, 2021|Interest|

The annual damage caused by corruption in Germany is estimated at more than 400 billion euros. Middle and senior management in particular is the driving force behind corruption. Corruption is a creeping process that begins at the lowest level of a company. In order to obtain information and spy on the company, employees are infiltrated who can, for example, take over infrastructural tasks. Here, the position of a porter, a cleaner or canteen staff should be mentioned, who specifically spy out where the further steps of corruption should start. If this information is available, the spying on the company takes place in more sensitive areas. Here, persons are infiltrated primarily in management levels as assistants. These persons collect targeted information about the company's employees in order to select suitable target persons for strategic collusion. External service providers such as interpreters or IT service providers can also collect sensitive [...]

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