International Scientific Conference "Corruption and Business" · 5 May 2025, Lake Mladost, Veles · ISBN 978-608-67060-5-0 (digital), 978-608-67060-4-3 (print)
These proceedings bring together the papers presented at the International Scientific Conference "Corruption and Business", held on 5 May 2025 at Lake Mladost near Veles and organised by the Institute for Applied Research for Business. The papers examine the complex links between corruption, business practice and ethical governance: corporate transparency, integrity systems, anti-corruption mechanisms, the role of legal and institutional frameworks, ethical leadership and corporate social responsibility.
The volume contains 12 papers by authors from North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria, and is intended for researchers, students, policy makers and practitioners working to strengthen integrity, transparency and accountability in business and public life.
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Published by the Institute for Applied Research for Business, Ul. Železnička 38/1-5, Skopje. Editor: Prof. Dr Aneta Vasiljevikj-Shikaleska. Licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 4.0) — may be shared and adapted for non-commercial purposes with attribution to the authors and source.
Papers in the proceedings
- Digital Transformation as a Mechanism for Preventing Corruption in the Public and Business Sectors: Serbia and North Macedonia (Miloš Pavlović, Danijela Milošević, Jovana Zdravković)
- Organizational Culture as the Foundation of Transparency and Responsibility in the Business Environment (Gordana Nikčević, Djordjije Pavićević)
- Systemic Cash Minimization through Digitalization as an Instrument of Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Corruption Policy: Evidence across Jurisdictions (Adrijana Bulevska Zarikj, Biljana Gjozinska, Aneta Vasiljevikj-Shikaleska)
- Recent Trends in Research on Corruption in Business: A Systematic Literature Review (2024–2025) (Nikola Abramović, Stefan Đurić, Miloš Pavlović)
- The Fight against Corruption in the Election Programs of the Parliamentary Represented Political Parties in the 2024 Macedonian Parliamentary Elections – A Review (Nikola Ambarkov)
- Personal Flexibility as an Ethical Principle in Fighting Corruption (Vance Boykov, Daryan Boykov)
- Cloud Platforms as a Driver of Transparency, Ethics and Social Responsibility in Modern Business (Marieta Goceva, Moni Mihaylov)
- Some Aspects in Investment Project Management (Nadya Marinova)
- Some Aspects of Ethics in the Fight against Corruption (Daryan Boykov, Vance Boykov)
- Corruption as a Driver for Organizational Change (Miloš Davitković, Stefan Djordjević)
- Comparative Analysis of General Perceptions of Corruption in Bulgaria and EU-27 for the Period 2019–2022 (Tsvetan Iliev)
- Влијанието на корупцијата врз странските директни инвестиции во Западен Балкан (Мила Миновска)
Editorial and scientific committee
Editor: Prof. Dr Aneta Vasiljevikj-Shikaleska, scientific advisor. For the publisher: Prof. Dr Biljana Gjozinska, Director.
Scientific Committee: Prof. Dr Adrijana Bulevska Zarikj, Prof. Dr Aneta Vasiljevikj-Shikaleska and Prof. Dr Biljana Gjozinska (Institute for Applied Research for Business), Prof. Dr Zoran Filipovski (International Vision University, North Macedonia), Prof. Dr Vance Bojkov (University of Niš, Serbia), Dr Marieta Aleksandrova Goceva (New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria), Dr Zoran Dabetić (University of Podgorica, Montenegro), Prof. Dr Martin Stojanović (University of Deusto, Spain), Prof. Dr Miloš Pavlović (Belgrade Business and Arts Academy of Applied Studies, Serbia), Prof. Dr Bojan Georgievski (Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands), Prof. Dr František Pollák (University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia) and Assist. Prof. Dr Daryan Bojkov (International Business School, Sofia, Bulgaria).
Organising Committee: MSc Dragana Veljanoska, Dipl. Eng. Aleksandar Nacharov and MSc Álvaro Fernández Theotonio.