This thesis aims to map the history and development of fundraising in the world, particularly in the United States. It also describes the modern theoretical concepts, which are currently being used for the preparation and planning of fundraising strategy. The practical section consists of analysis of the Czech branch of the global organization Transparency International and the evaluation of its fundraising strategy with a focus on individual and corporate donors.

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Behandelte Themen sind: Staat und Wirtschaft als wesentliches Thema von TI; Staat und Wirtschaft früher stärker verbandelt; Distanz zwischen Staat und Wirtschaft als Korruptionsprävention; Geforderte Distanz gegenläufig zu New Public Management; New Public Management als Alternative zum Klüngel; Public Private Partnerships (PPP) – populär, wo formalisierte Lösungen versagen; „Privatisierung“ führt zu neuen Korruptionsrisiken; New Public Management – in Teilbereichen Alternative zu „Privatisierung“?; Das Potential von Transparenz; Neue Chancen für Ethik und Integrität

This thesis examines corruption in economic terms and in terms of social impact on Russian society. This is a very serious problem for the Russian economy - corruption here reaches epic proportions. The main goal of this thesis is to develop effective proposals for fighting against corruption in Russia. The central hypothesis is the following assertion: the main reason of corruption existence in Russia are unsuccessful Nikita Khrushchev's reforms in state management. The paper is based on a literature review, correlation analysis, forecasting and comparison. The thesis is based on previous analysis of the development of corruption in the country, the current situation and also on the experience from other countries. These analyses are used for making suggestions for the removal of the negative state.

Omfattande forskning förekommer inom området kultur och korruption men med motsägande resultat om kulturens faktiska effekt. Till viss del beror de varierande utfallen på analysnivån, studiens utförande eller användningen av förklarande variabler. Denna studie omfattar totalt 84 länder världen över och baseras på undersökningar och datagenerering från kulturforskaren Geert Hofstedes fyra ursprungliga kulturella dimensioner. Dimensionerna kombineras med data från ett korruptionsindex publicerat av den oberoende och ideella organisationen Transparency International. För att påvisa vilka kulturella faktorer som faktiskt kan förklara korruptionsgraden i länder utförs multipel- och enkel linjär regressionsanalys för att söka klarhet i den bristande konsensus som existerar inom den nationella kulturforskningen. Vidare utförs en klusteranalys för att söka samband som inte kunnat påvisas genom regressionsanalyserna. Studiens resultat framlägger bevis för att kultur till viss del verkar som påverkande faktor för korruptionsgraden i länder men att fler faktorer, exempelvis ekonomiska aspekter, bör tas i beaktande i vidare forskning.

This thesis documents a study of the factors affecting the sustainable growth and performance of the Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs). Despite the increased interest of governments, analysts, central bankers, academics and SWF managers and the unprecedented growth in the last two decades, SWFs research is still in its infancy. Two main problems are: current debate between sponsoring and investee countries about governance and transparency of major SWFs including Oman SWF; and how these SWFs can manage their sustainable growth, performance and success rate. These two issues are addressed in this thesis. . An extensive review of the industry and academic literature was done in order to find the relevant facts about the domain of SWFs. The case study research strategy was adopted and primary data were collected by questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews from employees and other stakeholders of Oman SWF. Norway SWF was analysed for the purposes of data triangulation, comparison and validation. The theoretical framework comprising factors affecting growth, performance and success rate was proposed and tested using multiple evidences from secondary data, interviews and statistical analyses of the questionnaire responses. The literature reveals that existing theories of trade, finance, economics and management are able to resolve conflicting issues within SWFs and between sponsoring and investee countries. Results reveal that qualitative factors such as governance, policy and planning and quantitative factors such as structure, investment strategy and decision making ultimately affect the long term growth and success rate of global SWFs. It is also found that external or investee country laws do not affect the SWFs as much as issues within the SWFs. Findings suggest that Oman SWF has issues of concern in many aspects such as governance, transparency, accountability, investment strategy, organisational structure, asset allocation, updating laws and policy mechanisms; thus requiring overall restructuring and transformation of Oman SWF into a professional organisation. This thesis makes a significant contribution by linking theories to SWFs, an extensive literature review, a theoretical proposition comprising factors affecting the growth of SWFs, methodological combination and creating further research streams in the SWF domain.

Im öffentlichen Sektor hat, wie wir wissen, in den letzten 10-20 Jahren ein erheblicher Wandel stattgefunden. Die staatlichen Strukturen haben sich immer mehr ausdifferenziert und öffentliche Leistungen werden in sehr unterschiedlichen Erledigungsformen erbracht. Ein beachtlicher Teil der Leistungen ist auf private Dritte ausgelagert oder ganz privatisiert worden. Zudem haben sich verschiedene Muster von öffentlich-privaten Kooperationen herausgebildet. Verwaltungen und öffentliche Unternehmen wurden unter verstärkten Leistungsdruck und Wettbewerb gesetzt. All das führte zu einer weithin wahrnehmbaren Ökonomisierung und „Managerialisierung“ des öffentlichen Sektors, die verständlicherweise auch Werte und Verhaltensweisen der öffentlich Beschäftigten beeinflusst hat. Daraus ergeben sich ohne Zweifel erhebliche Konsequenzen für die Integrität der Akteure im öffentlichen Sektor sowie für deren Korruptionsanfälligkeit.<br><br> Das Buch führt wesentliche Argumentationsstränge und Praxiserfahrungen zum Thema „Ethik, Integrität und Korruption im öffentlichen Sektor“ aus dem Blickwinkel der sich wandelnden Rahmenbedingungen und Strukturfaktoren zusammen. <br> <hr> <br> Aus dem Inhalt: <br><br> Manfred Röber:<br> „Managerialisierung“ als Herausforderung für die Integrität der öffentlichen Verwaltung<br> Patrick von Maravic:<br> Dezentrale Korruptionsrisiken als Folge der Transformation des öffentlichen Sektors?<br> Thomas Edeling:<br> Die Korrumpierung bedarfswirtschaftlichen Handelns in öffentlichen Unternehmen<br> Christoph Demmke:<br> Öffentliche Meinung, Ethik und die Reform der öffentlichen Dienste in Europa<br> Uwe Bekemann:<br> ex-post Prüfung vs. ex-ante Beratung. Wandel der Rechnungsprüfungsämter als Reaktion auf neue Korruptionsrisiken?!<br> Woydt, Justus:<br> Der Integrity Pact von Transparency International<br> Elshorst, Hansjörg:<br> Ergänzende Gedanken aus der Sicht von Transparency International<br>

Corruption is an increasingly important factor in development. Despite a range of initiatives to address the issue, few anti-corruption initiatives to date have had a positive impact. Popular definitions of corruption are reductive, normative, and economics-based, and common ways of addressing corruption are also deficient. In addition, local contextual factors are often not taken into consideration in anti- corruption initiatives. The present study focuses on the most influential non- governmental organization in the anti-corruption industry, Transparency International (TI). The study is based on a social constructivist approach to knowledge and employs a combination of Norman Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis and Philipp Mayring’s qualitative content analysis to a single TI initiative to answer the question Do Transparency International’s youth anti-corruption initiatives neglect local contextual factors? The study’s findings are inconclusive: Social actors’ agency is encouraged, but cultural norms are neglected.

International studies concerning the implementation of ethical and anti-corruption agenda suggest, that defence companies from Czech Republic do not live up to same standards as a global ones. Goal of the thesis is to verify, whether This hypothesis is true for other Czech Defence companies too. The theoretical part summarises the modern historical period of the evolution of the defence industry in the Czech Republic and analyse main anti-corruption institutions and legal documents. The last two chapters carry out analysis of a state of anti-corruption agenda implemented in a group of Czech defence companies and a practical examples of its importance in a four case studies about main corruption cases in the Czech Republic. The result shows, that Czech companies are at the same level as a global average, but there are serious deficiencies in mechanisms concerning anti-corruption measures.