Prepared for delivery at the
international conference on “Rethinking Modernity: Globalisation,
Modernization, Islam” to be
held at MGIMO-University in Moscow on 23-26 October 2003.
Prepared for delivery at the
international conference “Rethinking Modernity: Globalisation, Modernization,
Islam” to be held at MGIMO-University in Moscow on October 23-26 under the
auspices of the Russian International Studies Association and the Iranian
Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Islamic Republic of Iran. This paper is part of a research
effort on the role of Western oil companies in promoting democratic
societies. Case studies on Azerbaijan (Heradstveit, 2001a and Heradstveit,
2001b) and Iran (Heradstveit, 2001c) provide an understanding of the
cultural context of corruption in each country, while another study provides
a comparative perspective the whole range of issues involved (Heradstveit,
2000d). This research explores the psychology of corruption from a
comparative perspective. This research was supported by the Norwegian
Research Council (Project no.: 144705-510) and the Norwegian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
