英文摘要 |
The existence of a high dark figure of crime for the corruption of civil servants has been widely known by general citizens, leading to the fact of distrusting the legal system and the honesty of civil servants. The goal of the research is to know the determining influential factors of why a civil servant decided to accept bribes. The main research methods are secondary data analysis, literature review and in-depth interview of qualitative research. The target samples are civil servants accused of Anti-Corruption Act and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than three years, and 13 willing inmates are chosen as appropriate purposive samples from 7 correctional institutions in Taipei, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung. The determining factors for corruption includes being motivated, feeling pressure, being allured, finding a loophole in the monitoring mechanism, the result of evaluating the cost and performance and avoiding investigation. With any of these factors as the motivation, once the civil servants get the opportunity, they are easy to accept bribes (In other words, no opportunity, no bribe receiving). On the way of pursuing fortune, benefit, fame, affection and power, they might get lost and feel pressure from current economic conditions, peer recognition, job performance, supervisors, etc., which creates a loophole for vendors to swoop in. At this stage, the first priority of risk assessment is how much benefit one will get, but not how much punishment one will receive. The time for determination depends on how high the decision right the position holds. For the position with the approval right, it takes approx. six months to one year. For the positions with the discretionary and purchase rights, the decision could be made immediately. According to the study results, some suggestions are listed below as a reference for related official authorities:1. Improve ethical and law education.2. Establish whistleblower protection regulations.3. Integrate interior and exterior monitoring mechanism.4. Play the role of lifesaver.5. Make use of administrative measures to help correct error.6. Abolish Anti-Corruption Act to conform to the principles of theconsistency between the crime and the penalty and apply to the regulations of Criminal Law. |