CIVIL SERVANTS KNOWLEDGE REGARDING THE CASH VALUE OF A GIFT

THAT CAN BE ACCEPTED UNDER THE LAW

65,7%

26,9%

3,7% 2,8% 0,9%

do not know up to 100 lei 101-200 lei 201-500 lei up to 1000 lei
DISTRIBUTION BY GENDER OF CIVIL SERVANTS WITH REGARD TO THE MANIFESTATIONS OF CORRUPTION
EXISTING IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

FEMALE MALE

Requests for sexual favors 53,1%

50,0%

Use of service time 77,6%

for personal purposes 80,0%

Embezzlement and fraud

83,3%
73,3%

Extortion of funds
83,3%
84,2%

Exerting influence 93,0%

80,0%

Bribe 91,1%
90,0%

Abuse of power 94,5%

89,5%

Protectionism
(nepotism,
98,2%
favoritism, clientelism) 94,7%
NUMBER OF CIVIL SERVANTS HAVING WITNESSED CORRUPTION ACTS
IN THE SURVEYED INSTITUTIONS (CASES)

Women, involved in the research, reported nearly

twice as much that they witnessed acts of corruption

90,0%
YES DISTRIBUTION BY GENDER 82,8%
12 OF CIVIL SERVANTS
HAVING WITNESSED
CORRUPTION ACTS
NO IN THE SURVEYED
77 10,0% 17,2% INSTITUTIONS

yes MALE FEMALE no

 TOTAL NUMBER OF CORRUPTION CASES WITNESSED BY THE CPA CIVIL SERVANTS,
DEPENDING ON THE FORMS OF CORRUPTION MANIFESTATION

YES NO
Protectionism 10 1
Use of working time
for personal
purposes
8 2

Abuse of power 7 2
Exerting of
influence 4 5

Bribe 4 6
Embezzlement
and fraud 2 8
Requests for
sexual favors 1 8
Extortion
of funds 1 8
 WOMAN RECRUITMENT AND PROMOTION IN THE CPA STRUCTURES
IS MARKED BY THE PATRIARCHAL MENTALITY OF THE SOCIETY
BASED ON THE ANSWERS PROVIDED IN THE QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

he traditional role of women in the

Women are perceived as household, is a barrier in the way of
vulnerable, not in terms of legal or being promoted to high-ranking
organizational vulnerability, but due positions or accepting such a
to being overloaded with family position due to the fear of having to
obligations and responsibilities. neglect certain family roles and
responsibilities.
 INVOLVEMENT OF WOMEN IN CORRUPTION IS LOWER GIVEN THEIR EMOTIVE NATURE
THUS, WOMEN ARE CHARACTERIZED

S BEING ABLE TO
AS BEING MORE FEARFUL BETTER ESTIMATE THE RISK
in accepting corruption situations that may entail an act of corruption

COMPARED TO WOMEN
men are considered to be bolder
in terms of involvement and participation
In acts of corruption, perceiving it
as "something normal
 DISTRIBUTION BY GENDER OF CIVIL SERVANTS WITH REGARD
TO THE DEGREE OF MANIFESTATION/SPREAD OF CORRUPTION

in the in
Female
RM Public Male Your
Administration Institution

0% 39,7%
to a very small extent
0% 70,0%

6,9% 24,1%
to a small extent
10,0% 15,0%

27,6% 25,9%
35,0% to a certain extent 15,0%

34,5% 6,9%
25,0% to a large extent 0%

31,0% 3,4%
30,0% to a very large extent 0%
 GENDER DISTRIBUTION OF CIVIL SERVANTS HAVING WITNESSED
DIFFERENT FORMS OF CORRUPTION IN SURVEYED INSTITUTIONS

MALE FEMALE

6
5
4

2 2 2 2 2
1 1 1
0 0 0 0

Protectionism Use of Abuse Exerting of Bribe Embezzlement Requests Extortion

working time of power influence and fraud for sexual of funds
for personal avors
purposes
 GENDER DISTRIBUTION WITH REGARD TO CIVIL SERVANTS KNOWLEDGE REGARDING
THE CASH VALUE OF A GIFT THAT CAN BE ACCEPTED UNDER THE LAW

FEMALE MALE

100% 100%

66,0%
46,4% 50%
31,0%
25%
14,0%
0% 0%
do not know up to 1000 lei 201-500 lei 101-200 lei up to 100 lei
 KNOWLEDGE OF CIVIL SERVANTS IN CENTRAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
REGARDING CORRUPTION CASES AT THE WORK PLACE

OF CIVIL SERVANTS
1/3 of civil servants who
participated in the survey
ARE UNAWARE OF THE
SITUATIONS do not regard the following situations
REPRESENTING as manifestations of corruption
MANIFESTATIONS
OF CORRUPTION turning to well-connected friends
for certain work-related favors
up to relatives occupying such positions
40% as heads of departments in the
same institution

YES NO
Giving or receiving payments for contracts
93,4% or functions 6,6%
Giving or receiving payments for promotion
93,4% or getting of a permanent service in local
public authorities
6,6%

Non-declaration of a conflict of interest in

89,9% the process of awarding contracts (service
contracts, contracts of acquisitions, etc.)
10,1%

Request for unjustified remuneration in

89,8% different situations 10,2%
Offering and/or receiving rewards for
88,9% keeping silence with regard to some
problem at work
11,1%

Non-declaration of a conflict of interest in

88,6% the process of recruitment/hiring staff 11,4%
Offering or receiving sexual favors in
86,7% exchange for service promotion or for
money
13,3%

Turning to friends having useful contacts

73,8% for getting favors at the workplace 26,2%
Having as a chief or deputy chief some
72,7% close circle people (relatives, friends, etc.) 27,3%
Use of working time for personal purposes,
use of computer for personal purposes,
58,1% Long-time personal telephone
conversations, unregulated work breaks,
41,9%
etc.

Taking assets used for work purposes

outside of the institution (paper, pens,
57,1% telephone, notebook, stapler, folders, etc.) 42,9%
and their use for personal purposes

Acceptance of gifts from colleagues,

55,7% citizens, etc. 44,3%
Non-working of the number of hours
42,4% stipulated at the work contract 57,6%

15,3% Flirting with a he/she colleague at work 84,7%

 GENDER DISTRIBUTION OF CPA CIVIL SERVANTS WHO PARTICIPATED
IN VARIOUS CAREER ADVANCEMENT ACTIVITIES IN 2015 (%)

FEMALE MALE

Roundtables
56,4% and conferences
73,7%

Career development
62,5% training and seminars
52,6%

38,2% Business trips 50,0%

32,1% Study tours 33,3%

21,6% Missions 42,1%

Projects
17,3% ((including research projects) 33,3%

Trainings
11,5% outside Moldova
22,2%