Systemic Policy as a Factor in the Formation of an Anti-Corruption Climate in Modern Russian Society

Introduction. Based on the systemic sociological methodology, the paper discusses the content of the anti-corruption policy in modern Russian society as a systemic education. Despite the complex nature of the measures taken by the authorities to combat corruption, the latter is perceived by public opinion as high. As a result, this antisocial phenomenon, according to Russians, has been included in the rating of the five most acute problems in our country in recent years. Methodology and sources. Opinion polls, including the authors' own studies, show a systematic damage by corruption in a number of important areas of public life, including law enforcement agencies, government bodies, the medical sector, etc. In the context of the social determinants of corruption examined in this work, an attempt is made to identify key institutional factors of the state anti-corruption policy on the formation of an anti-corruption climate in the context of modern transformations. Results and discussion. It is noted that in modern Russia it is necessary to form an anti-corruption climate with the active use of both Soviet and foreign experience. The study and transfer of modern Chinese experience to our soil deserves special attention. At the same time, the conclusion that the key role in the formation of the anti-corruption climate is played by the approval of the anti-corruption legal climate relevant to the Russian conditions, which provides for the organization of the implementation of the entire set of positive law norms by social entities and legal institutions, including such components of the legal regulation mechanism as legally significant activity and other law enforcement practices. Conclusion. All this in unity should create real opportunities and conditions that ensure the reproduction and improvement of the anti-corruption climate at all levels of the power hierarchy and spheres of society, including business, as well as the formation of anti-corruption behavior of state and municipal employees, the popularization of anti-corruption standards of behavior in society and development of the corresponding legal consciousness and legal culture.

Authors: Evgenii G. Melnikov, Vladimir P. Miletskiy, Sergey D. Savin

Direction: Sociology

Keywords: corruption, anti-corruption policy, social determinants of corruption, institutional factors in the formation of an anti-corruption climate, anti-corruption legal climate, anti-corruption standards of conduct

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