Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship
Education and Research Institute of Business, Economics and Management Sumy State University

International research and practice seminar “Ethics and the role of civil society in corruption control”

The associate professor of the department of banking Lukin D. and the PhD students Aleksanian M., Horyayeva V. and Sapozhnikova M. took part in the International research and practice seminar of the department of politology of NaUKMA.

On March 3d, 2015 the associate professor of the department of banking Lukin D. and the PhD students Aleksanian M., Horyayeva V. and Sapozhnikova M. took part in the International research and practice seminar “Ethics and the role of civil society in corruption control”, organized by the Social Academy “Caritas in Veritate”, the Committee of UGCC Justice and Peace together with the department of politology of NaUKMA, which took place at the Cultural Arts Centre of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

The research and practice seminar involved politicians and public officials, researchers, students, representatives of institutional settings and churches and Transparency International representatives. Among the guests of the Conference were Dave Hartnett, former permanent secretary for Tax at HM Revenue and customs (Great Britain), HSBC Holdings plc advisor on financial crime governance, who gave a presentation on “How can Civil Society Help Ensure the Effectiveness of Anti-Corruption Efforts?”; his Beatitude cardinal Lubomir (Guzar) with the speech on “Christian values in corruption control”; Oleg Bereziuk, people’s deputy of Ukraine with the presentation on “Corruption – the main menace of our society development” and others.

As part of the Seminar a Round Table on the “Role and place of civil society in corruption control” took place, during which audience joined the discussion on practical methods and approaches to corruption and bribery control in society. For information, the point of view of the associate professor Lukin D., presented during the Round Table, brought on an intense discussion, as he put an increased focus on the necessity of legislative review for the purpose of limitation of capability to deploy corruption schemes, particularly in the sphere of banking, and shared his own observations on inconsistencies between various institutions.

In general, the participants of the Seminar made a point of focusing on distinct and practical measures, defining a particular action programme, common initiatives and integrating efforts. Only in such a way changes and results will be likely to occur.

Information was prepared by
PhD student Aleksanian M.