Interests and corruption

Abstract

This paper analyses the connection of interests and corruption, especially corruption and political interests. It first considers the notion of interest, i.e. its meanings and significance, both for an individual and for a society. It presents the classification if interests by Albion Woodbury Small. A special emphasis is given to the encounter of different interests as the beginning of clash between humans. The paper analyses individual, special and general interests, as well as their relations. The paper also analyses two levels of conflict of interest: the conflict between public and private interest and the conflict between interests within the public offices. The relation of interests in society and politics is solved in the best way by adopting laws, i.e. by introducing the rule of law into political order. Without that the interest orientation of politicians can easily end up in abuse and illegality. In turn, abuses and illegalities open the possibilities for various kinds of corruptive acts.

U radu se analizira povezanost interesa i korupcije, posebno korupcije i političkih interesa. Najpre, razmatra se pojam interesa, odnosno njegova značenja i značaj kako za pojedinca, tako i za društvo. Data je i klasifikacija interesa Albiona Vudberija Smola (Albion Woodbury Small). Posebno je istaknut susret različitih interesa sa kojim otpočinju sukobljavanja među ljudima. Analizirani su pojedinačni, posebni i opšiti interesi, kao i njihovi međusobni odnosi. Obrađena su i dva nivoa sukoba interesa: sukob javnog i privatnog interesa i sukob interesa u okviru javnih položaja. Odnos interesa u društvu i politici najbolje se rešava donošenjem zakona, odnosno uvođenjem vladavine prava u politički poredak. Bez toga interesna orijentisanost političara može lako da završi u zloupotrebama i nelegalnostima. Upravo iz zloupotreba i nelegalnosti otvaraju se mogućnosti za razne vrste koruptivnih radnji.