The Extension of the Game Theory to the Concept of Integrity

Absztrakt

In recent years both in specialized literature and legislation the approach of anticorruption has been replaced with the concept of improving integrity. Instead of focusing on the one who violates the rules we have realized that the attitudes and values of the whole community create the environment in which a civil servant might get into evil ways, so first of all these basic norms need to be improved. The question is whether the quality of the group norms and conformity as an underlying principle can explain properly why certain group members replace their strategies of cooperation with a competitive manner within their groups. In this study the author offers an alternative explanation of the spreading and the dynamics of corruption related events within groups using the classical social dilemma called ‘The tragedy of the commons’. The main practical conclusion of this study is that the increase of cohesion and personal relationship within the group can be an important protective factor in regard to the fight against corruption.