ABSTRACT

The paper examines how corruption-induced inhibitions influence business-related corruption from the perspectives of business leaders in Ghana. Data were collected through focus group discussion with Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of multi-national and local companies operating in Ghana. The findings show that business leaders encounter multiple regulatory agencies with duplicated and overlapping functions, multiple charges for virtually the same and duplicated services, multiple law enforcement agencies also performing regulatory functions at the Ports of entry, inadequate information on processes and costs of services, and inadequate channels for reporting corrupt activities in Ghana. The paper argues that these challenges trigger corruption-induced inhibitors which in turn, negatively affect the growth of the private-sector in Ghana.

摘要

本文从加纳商业领袖的角度审视了腐败引起的抑制如何影响与商业相关的腐败。数据是通过与在加纳运营的跨国公司和本地公司的首席执行官 (CEO) 进行的焦点小组讨论收集的。调查结果表明，企业领导者遇到多个职能重复和重叠的监管机构，对几乎相同和重复的服务收取多项费用，多个执法机构也在入境口岸履行监管职能，有关流程和服务成本的信息不足，以及报告加纳腐败活动的渠道不足。该论文认为，这些挑战会引发腐败引发的抑制因素，进而对加纳私营部门的增长产生负面影响。