Abstract

This paper explored the attitudes of Kuwaiti residents toward corruption practices in Kuwait and the role of the Nazaha Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority in tackling such actions. To achieve the aim of this study, a survey questionnaire, which was based on a survey introduced by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in 2018, was distributed to 535 participants in Kuwait. The questionnaire covered areas related to problems facing Kuwait, behaviors of public officers, opinions on practices of public sector employees, corruption in Kuwait by industry, the role of Nazaha in Kuwait, the correlation between bribery and access to government services, and the reporting of corruption in Kuwait. The collected data were analyzed with SPSS. The findings indicate that 374 respondents noted corruption as the most serious problem in Kuwait, which is practiced systematically in Kuwait due to the prevalence of nepotism and other cultural reasons. In addition, it was found that there is dissatisfaction with the role of Nazaha, with 46.9 and 32.3% of participants reporting that Nazaha did not react in time and did not catch offenders, respectively. This study suggests that Nazaha should be empowered with further legal means to tackle corruption in the future.

摘要

本文探讨了科威特居民对科威特腐败行为的态度，以及 Nazaha 科威特反腐败局在应对此类行为中的作用。为实现本研究的目的，根据联合国毒品和犯罪问题办公室 2018 年推出的一项调查，向科威特的 535 名参与者分发了调查问卷。问卷涵盖的领域涉及科威特面临的问题、公职人员的行为、对公共部门雇员做法的看法、科威特各行业的腐败、Nazaha 在科威特的作用、贿赂与获得政府服务之间的相关性，以及报告科威特的腐败。收集的数据用SPSS进行分析。调查结果表明，374 名受访者认为腐败是科威特最严重的问题，由于盛行裙带关系和其他文化原因，科威特系统地实行这种做法。此外，还发现对娜扎哈的角色不满意，分别有46.9%和32.3%的参与者反映娜扎哈反应不及时，没有抓到违规者。这项研究表明，Nazaha 应该被赋予更多的法律手段来解决未来的腐败问题。