Functional approach to understanding anti-corruption monitoring

Аннотация

In this article, the author substantiates the purpose of anti-corruption monitoring as an integral component of an effective and result-oriented anti-corruption policy. A systematic approach to understanding anti-corruption monitoring made it possible to identify its structural elements, with particular attention given to the functions of anti-corruption monitoring and various scholarly approaches to their interpretation and classification. Additionally, the article presents the author's perspective on these functions. Keywords: Anti-corruption monitoring, systematic approach, monitoring functions. instruments and administrative measures with a view Introduction: Corruption is a phenomenon that has to determining their adequacy to prevent and fight accompanied social and state development for several corruption [2]. Taking into account this conventional millennia. In the absence of the much-needed provision, it should be concluded that an accurate and consolidation of efforts between the state and civil objective understanding of the current state of society institutions, as well as timely and essential anti- corruption, its level, dynamics, characteristics, areas of corruption measures, corruption becomes an prevalence, development trends, factors contributing increasingly serious threat to the effective functioning to its emergence and spread within a country, the of political, economic and other state mechanisms, as effectiveness and efficiency of anti-corruption well as to the authority of state power, acquiring ever measures and initiatives, as well as society's attitude more noticeable, tangible and alarming dimensions. toward corrupt practices and the anti-corruption Corruption undermines public trust in state efforts undertaken, must become a necessary institutions, law enforcement agencies and the judicial condition and an integral component for the planning, system. It erodes people's faith in justice, impartiality development, organization, implementation and and the rule of law. As a result, social inequality and coordination of an effective state anti-corruption other detrimental phenomena emerge, negatively policy. In our view, anti-corruption monitoring is impacting the development of society and state. intended to form such an understanding. Nowadays, one of the most effective anti-corruption Scientific conceptualization of this mechanism was mechanisms is the implementation of a consistent anti- initiated at the beginning of this century [3]. corruption policy by states. After all, this threat can Subsequently, this tool received support and scientific only be addressed through continuous and systematic development in the research of many authors [4; 5; 6; efforts [1, p. 278]. 7; 8]. In addition to scientific conceptualization, anti- The development and implementation of an effective corruption monitoring has also been reflected in the and coordinated anti-corruption policy is a provisions of the Model Legislation of the requirement for State Parties of the UN Convention Commonwealth of Independent States [9; 10; 11]. against Corruption. In accordance with paragraph 3 of METHODS article 5 of the Convention, each State Party shall Despite the availability of dissertation studies directly endeavor to periodically evaluate relevant legal devoted to anti-corruption monitoring [14; 15], International Journal of Law And Criminology 61 https://theusajournals.com/index.php/ijlc International Journal of Law And Criminology (ISSN: 2771-2214) dissertation studies covering other types of monitoring pp. 113 - 114]. A.M. Slinkov identifies following groups [16], monographic studies on anti-corruption of monitoring functions. Considering monitoring as a monitoring [17; 18; 19] and numerous scientific means of obtaining new scientific knowledge about publications on the subject [12; 21; 22; 23; 24], the monitored objects and processes, the author lists the functions of anti-corruption monitoring were mostly following functions: cognitive; research; methodical. considered indirectly or fragmentarily or they were not Considering monitoring as a means of information and considered at all. It should be noted that there is analytical management support, the author identifies insufficient elaboration and accordingly the need for a the following functions: diagnostic; correctional; comprehensive study of this aspect, which means that motivational. At the intersection of these categories, it is necessary to fill this gap. the author identifies functions such as information- analytical and prognostic [20, pp. 66 - 67]. This study employs both general scientific methods (dialectical, systematic, content analysis, comparison, Considering the approaches outlined above, we would classification) and specific methods (formal-legal, like to consider our vision of anti-corruption monitoring comparative-legal, system-structural, descriptive- functions, but first of all, we should disclose what this analytical). tool is. In