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title: "UNIC Research \"Corruption Risks in the Government Work: Business Point of View\""
description: "In November – December 2018, UNIC conducted the research “Corruption Risks in the Government Work: Business Point of View” within the framework of the proj"
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# [UNIC Research "Corruption Risks in the Government Work: Business Point of View"](https://unic.org.ua/en/blog/corruption-risks-in-the-government-work-business-point-of-view-90)

 Written by [UNIC Team](https://unic.org.ua/en/blog/author/unic-team) | Feb 20, 2019, 5:00:00 AM

In November – December 2018, **UNIC conducted the research** **“Corruption Risks in the Government Work: Business Point of View”** within the framework of the project "Strengthening the Principles of Integrity in the Interaction between the State and Business" **with the support of UNDP in Ukraine and the Kingdom of Denmark.**

**The research included a survey and an interview with the participation of Ukrainian business that aim of which was to:**

- investigate the role of corruption in constraining business activity in Ukraine;
- measure the prevalence of corruption and main types of corruption practices in statebusiness interactions;
- detect corruption risk factors and develop suggestions for their minimization.

**Key results of the research include the following:**

- According to the respondents, the prevalence of corruption in Ukraine is high: 82% consider that corruption in Ukraine is at least somewhat widespread, while 61% of respondents consider that corruption is widespread.
- As for corrupt behavior in private sector, most often, due to the respondents, businesses turn to bribing the employees of their counterparties or competitors.
- The majority of the respondents (56%) think that it is possible to do business legally in Ukraine. Only 8% of respondents reject such a possibility completely.
- 60% of respondents claimed, that personally they never turn to influential people for trouble-free business, while 32% said, that they do so only in extreme cases.
- More than 80% of the respondents said that personally for them the statement "I refrain from giving bribes" is fair in the majority of cases (mostly – absolutely fair). 75% do not give bribes as a principle.

Visit UNIC website (Our documents page) for the full report of the results: [https://unic.org.ua/en/about-us/our\_documents/](https://unic.org.ua/en/about-us/our_documents/?hsLang=en)

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