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Corruption is one of the environmental destructive factors, which has a long history among firms. Lots of research has been done regarding the impact of corruption at both the micro and macro levels. Some researchers believe that corruption can have severe negative impacts on the firms and even to the macro-economic level. However, others believe that corruption can act as a tool by which firms can do their stuff more effectively and efficiently. For combating corruption, governments have always taken action. In recent years, by virtue of technological advancements and ICT (information and communication technologies) tools, governments have employed them to reduce the level of corruption. In... 

Despite a rather long history of bureaucratic public administration, Iranian public sector has failed to catch up with the ever developing knowledge of fighting corruption in “public procurement”, a critical field of governmental management which accounts for at least 15 percent of GDP around the world. While international organizations like TI and OECD have been broadly active in globalizing the standards of integrity and calling for improvements in the national frameworks of procurement, a reductionist agenda might take the safest path of change by following whatever prescribed by those international bodies. However, there have also been some deeper reflections on the complexities of...