Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government_11(1)_January

L EX LOCALIS - J OURNAL OF L OCAL S ELF -G OVERNMENT Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 167 - 191, January 2018 Integrity Plan: A Useful Measure for Curbing Corruption at National and Local Level J ASNA F EDRAN , B OJAN D OBOVŠEK , B RANKO A ŽMAN & M ATEVŽ B REN 1 Abs tra ct Corruption is a society disease necessitating a preventive approach. As it is both a national and a local issue, its treatment must be facilitated through national and local efforts. In view of the fact that the best remedy against it is integrity, this paper focuses on the concept of integrity plan, revealing the results of the thereto-related implementation efforts in the Slovenian public sector after the 2 nd deadline for integrity plan submission. In general, integrity plan was acknowledged as a useful preventive anti-corruption measure well accepted by the state authorities but less by the local ones. Keywords: • corruption, integrity plan • public sector • state and local authorities • Commission for the Prevention of Corruption C ORRESPONDENCE A DDRESS : Jasna Fedran, M.Sc., Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Kotnikova 8, 1000 Ljubljana; Slovenia, email: jasna.fedran@gmail.com . Bojan Dobovšek, Ph.D., Professor, University of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, Kotnikova 8, 1000 Ljubljana; Slovenia, email: bojan.dobovsek@fvv.uni-mb.si . Branko Ažman, M.A., Senior Lecturer, University of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, Kotnikova 8, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, email: branko.azman@fvv.uni-mb.si. Matevž Bren, Ph.D., Professor University of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, Kotnikova 8, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, email: matevz.bren@fvv.uni-mb.si. https://doi.org/10.4335/16.1.167-191( 2018) ISSN 1581-5374 Print/1855-363X Online © 2018 Lex localis Available online at http://journal.lex-localis.press .