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Title A Study on Strategies for Enhancing Transparency of Domestic Construction Industry through Foreign Cases
Authors 장현석(Jang, Hyeon Seok) ; 박형근(Park, Hyung Keun) ; 이영수(Lee, Young Soo)
DOI https://doi.org/10.12652/Ksce.2012.32.3D.231
Page pp.231-237
ISSN 10156348
Keywords 건설부패;국제투명성기구;부패인식지수;건설 투명성 construction part decomposition;transparency international (TI);corruption perceptions index (CPI);transparency in construction industry
Abstract The interrelation of integrity degree and country competitive power was known as high. But, according to the CPI announcement of Transparency International, the domestic Corruption Perceptions Index ranked 5 points, as being corrupt. It was investigated that the corruption level of Korea was getting worse most in the construction sector. In this way, it is emergent and inevitable to improve the transparency in the construction industry, accounting for 25-54% of the total corruption cases in our society. Transparency International has opened to the public the source data, utilized in the CPI measures in 2010. In the case of Korea, the 9 data of 6 organizations were utilized. According to the PERC, the corruption level of the private sector in Korea has been estimated as the worst among the 16 countries. In this context, this paper analyses the corruption level of Korea by utilizing the source data of the Transparency International CPI. And it aims to comprehend structural problems in the construction industry and to suggest implicative countermeasures through out the anti-corruption activities in the world. It propose finally an improvement of the structural causes in the construction industry, a promotion of effective punishment against corrupt practices, a reinforcement of the transparency management in the construction sector, etc.