Chapter 5 Culture, Management Style, and Business Systems 155 Exhibit 5.5 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2013 Higher numbers correspond to a perceived lower level of public sector corruption. The top 25 (4 tied for #22), the BRIC countries, and the bottom 20 are shown; see http://www.transparency.org for the most complete and up-to-date listings. http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi3013/ for the complete 2013 listings. Rank Country CPI Score Rank Country CPI Score An international organization called Transparency International (TI)71 is dedicated to “curbing corruption through international and national coalitions encouraging govern-ments to establish and implement effective laws, policies and anti-corruption programs.” The brand name “Transparency International” has proven most insightful, as more scholars are finding a clear relationship between the availability of information and lower levels of corruption.72 Among its various activities, TI conducts an international survey73 of busi-nesspeople, political analysts, and the general public to determine their perceptions of cor-ruption in 182 countries. In the 2013 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), shown in part in Exhibit 5.5, Denmark and New Zealand, both with scores of 91 out of a maximum of 100, were perceived to be the least corrupt, and Afghanistan, North Korea, and Somalia, with scores of 8, as the most corrupt. TI also ranks 28 bribe-paying countries, and the ranking 71http://www.transparency.org. 72Cassandra E. DiRienzo, Jayoti Das, Kathryn T. Cort, and John Burbridge Jr., “Corruption and the Role of Information,” Journal of International Business Studies 38 (2007), pp. 320–32. 73For an analysis of the potential biases in surveys on corruption, see Nathan M. Jensen, Quan Li, and Aminur Rahman, “Understanding Corruption and Firm Responses in Cross-National Firm-Level Surveys,” Journal of International Business Studies 41, no. 9 (2010), pp. 1481–504. 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 9 9 11 12 12 14 15 15 15 18 19 19 21 22 22 22 22 Denmark New Zealand Finland Sweden Norway Singapore Switzerland Netherlands Australia Canada Luxemborg Germany Iceland United Kingdom Barbados Belgium Hong Kong Japan United States Uruguay Ireland Bahamas Chile France Santa Lucia 91 91 89 89 86 86 85 83 81 81 80 78 78 76 75 75 75 74 73 73 72 71 71 71 71 BRIC Countries 72 80 94 127 Bottom 20 153 154 154 154 157 157 157 160 160 160 163 163 163 167 168 168 168 171 172 173 174 175 175 175 Brazil China India Russia Angola Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of Congo Tajikistan Burndi Myanmar Zimbabwe Cambodia Eitrea Venezuela Chad Equatorial Guinea Haiti Yemen Syria Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Iraq Libya South Sudan Sudan Afghanistan North Korea Somalia 91 40 36 28 23 22 22 22 21 21 21 20 20 20 19 19 19 18 17 17 17 16 15 14 11 8 8 8 Source: Corruption Perceptions Index 2013, www.transparency.org. Reprinted from Corruption Perceptions Index. Copyright © 2013, Transparency International: the global coalition against corruption. Used with permission. For more information, visit http://www.transparency.org
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