Challenges in Managing the Risks of Error and Fraud in Public Procurement During the State of Emergency Generated by the Covid-19 Virus
The new coronavirus has generated an unprecedented global crisis, bringing serious challenges to central and local public administration to ensure first and foremost the health of their citizens, as well as the continuity of public services. As part of these efforts, the Covid-19 pandemic has expose...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ovidius University Press
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series |
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| Online Access: | https://stec.univ-ovidius.ro/html/anale/RO/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Section%204/8.pdf |
| Summary: | The new coronavirus has generated an unprecedented global crisis, bringing serious challenges to central and local public administration to ensure first and foremost the health of their citizens, as well as the continuity of public services. As part of these efforts, the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed unprecedented challenges in procuring the goods and products needed to fight the virus, while authorities around the world are taking extraordinary steps and entering into fierce competition for their procurement. Against the background of the relaxation of public procurement legislation caused by the extreme emergency situation as well as a wrongly controlled internal control system, corruption has risen rapidly due to the increased discretion of procurement staff in awarding contracts. This approach aims to identify the challenges faced by public institutions during this period, to determine the new crisis influence in the magnitude of error and fraud and, taking into account the perception of the representatives of these entities, to establish possible new directions for action to reduce these negative phenomena. |
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| ISSN: | 2393-3127 2393-3127 |