caa a22 4500 465817246 CHVBK 20180323112126.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00383211 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00383211 Perdomo Rogelio IESA, Caracas, Venezuela aut Corruption and business in present day Venezuela [Elektronische Daten] [Rogelio Perdomo] Venezuelan media present corruption as a major problem of the country and a research conducted by the author shows managers perceive it as business ethics' main issue. The corruption type addressed to in this article is the collusion between public officials and private managers for illegal or undue profits. Corruption in this form is related to the long-standing policy of State intervention and overregulation of the economy in order to industrialize the country. The issue analyzed is the perception of corruption as a major political and social problem. Corruption is pervasive in many societies but it is not perceived as a central problem. The explanation for this perception in Venezuela is the increased impoverishment of people as a consequence of present economic crisis (the corrupt person is perceived as taking from my pocket) and the openness and pluralistic character of the political system. Moral indignation and scandal is the result of this new feature of Venezuelan society. Changes in the economic policies and the awareness of corruption seem to establish the basis to overcome the perception of corruption as the paramount problem it is now. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 Journal of Business Ethics Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/7(1990-07-01), 555-566 0167-4544 9:7<555 1990 9 10551 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00383211 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00383211 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Perdomo Rogelio IESA, Caracas, Venezuela aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Business Ethics Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/7(1990-07-01), 555-566 0167-4544 9:7<555 1990 9 10551 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer