Compliance in the Public Sector in the Light of the Guidelines of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau as a Means to Overcome Impossibility in Preventing Corruption

Abstract

The paper analyses the Guidelines issued in 2020 by the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau in Poland on the establishment and implementation of effective compliance programmes in the public sector. These guidelines constitute the very first Polish official document referring to compliance in the public sector. Its detailed critical analysis is therefore useful for the construction of compliance policies by public institutions, in order to prevent and possibly detect irregularities, including corruption, within these organisations.