Gift Giving and Corruption |
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| Authors: | Adam Graycar David Jancsics |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Social and Policy Studies, Flinders University, Flinders, Australia;2. School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Newark, Newark, USA |
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| Abstract: | When individuals exchange gifts, social bonds are strengthened and reciprocity is created. If the gift and the reciprocation both come from private resources, it is clearly a gift. If what is reciprocated after a gift is given comes from an organization, or is a government resource rather than from “one’s own pocket” then it is most likely a bribe. This study reviews the anthropological literature on gift giving and constructs a typology for examining the gift/bribe distinction in public administration. This classification helps distinguish analytically among different gift practices and clarify conceptual ambiguity of the terms gift and bribe. |
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| Keywords: | Anthropology corruption gift giving public administration |
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