Corruption and bribery are evidently common practices in Europe, as shown by a study conducted by the international auditing firm Ernst & Young.
The survey was conducted on 3,500 leading financial experts, auditors, and lawyers who answered questions about corruption in their country.
According to the portal Finance.si, Slovenia ranks first on this dishonorable list. About 96 percent of surveyed managers in the neighboring country responded that bribery is a common practice in business. Slovenia thus found itself ahead of Kenya, which ranked second where 94 percent of managers responded positively.
The second European country and third overall is Croatia, where 90 percent of respondents indicated corruption as a way of functioning.
Following that is Ukraine with 85 percent, and more than 80 percent are reported in Greece, Slovakia, Serbia, and Russia.
The highest level of ‘greasing’ in business is found in Switzerland. Only one-tenth of managers responded that this is a common business practice, and at the bottom of the list are, as expected, Sweden, Finland, and Norway.
