Analysis of the Formation Grounds of Corruption-Causing Platforms in Tehran Municipality

Document Type : Research Article

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Department of Sociology, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Khwarazmi University, Tehran, Iran

10.22059/jisr.2023.336431.1269

Abstract

Corruption is regarded as one of the most significant issues in urban management. The need to investigate administrative corruption in the municipality of Tehran stems from the fact that the occurrence of multiple corruptions over the past few years has eroded public confidence in this organization and, as a result, the entire political-social system of the country. The purpose of the present investigation was to identify the causes of administrative corruption in Tehran Municipality.
This article was written using an inductive approach and the thematic analysis method. Additionally, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 30 municipal administrators and corruption experts. Purposive sampling is used as the sampling method. Open coding, axial coding, and selective coding were utilized to code the gathered data.
As a result of the coding and analysis, ten factors of network communication and chain relationships, inefficiency, deviation in the monitoring systems, the confusion of the administrative system, insufficiency of laws, lack of scientific and practical will to fight corruption, corrupt organizational culture, incomplete information system, vulnerable subsistence system, normalized corruption, and corruption-prone financial system have been identified as specific factor contributors.
The themes identified in the occurrence of corruption are centered on a general axis, namely “corrupt organizational structure,” which has resulted in the creation of a culture of corruption within the Tehran municipality organization and the reproduction of corruption within its organizational context

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