RT Article
T1 Obligation-based bribes in Vietnam: a view from the norm of reciprocity
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 78
IS 2
SP 125
OP 144
A1 Nguyen Thang V.
A2 Minh Hoang Doan 1975-
A2 Tran, Nhung H.
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1824419228
AB Studies of bribery have been heavily influenced by the cost/benefit calculation, leaving social relationship of the involved parties under-explored. We propose the norm of reciprocity as a complement theoretical lens to explain bribery exchanges and explore different types of obligation that induce bribery. Based on qualitative data from a sample of government officials in Vietnam, we found that many bribery exchanges are governed by the norm of reciprocity, i.e., obligation-based bribery. In these obligation-based bribery exchanges, the parties extend and return illegal favors based on their senses of obligation to each other, in adjacent to cost/benefit calculation. We also uncovered two types of obligation, including pragmatic and moral, and found that these types of obligation are developed through different practices. Failure to address this social element of bribery would hinder much of anti-corruption effort. The study suggests that interactions between the norm of reciprocity and wider ethical norms in governing bribery should be further addressed by both researchers and practitioners.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 143-144
K1 Bestechung
K1 Gegenseitigkeit
K1 Bribes
K1 Moral Obligation
K1 Norm of reciprocity
K1 Pragmatic obligation
K1 Vietnam
DO 10.1007/s10611-022-10017-2