ANTI-CORRUPTION AS THE BASIS OF ENSURING NATIONAL SECURITY OF UKRAINE: SEPARATE ASPECTS

Abstract

Backgroun. Corruption is considered as a factor of threat to national security and legal order and constitutional values ​​in the country. Problems of combating corruption. According to the data of domestic sociological studies and the international index of perception of corruption (CRI), the current level of corruption in the state was investigated. The purpose of the article is due to the need to highlight innovative ways of improving the anti-corruption management model in the public sector and to present the best practices that were implemented in Ukraine and gave a significant result from the point of view of ensuring state security, in particular in the conditions of Russian aggression.

Methods. A combination was used of general scientific (dialectical, systemic analysis, abstraction and concretization) and special (expert assessments, analysis of sociological data, study of program legal acts, establishment of cause and effect relationships) methods that ensure the reliability of the results and conclusions of scientific development.

Results. It was found that corruption causes serious damage to the democratic structure of society and is one of the main threats to national security. The roots of corruption lie in the mechanism of exercising state power. The fight against corruption fills activities in the field of state (public) administration with new content. This study focuses on anti-corruption policy and anti-corruption strategy combined with civil control tools. The effectiveness of combating corruption depends on the quality of anti-corruption legislation, the functional capacity of anti-corruption institutions, the sustainable economic development of the country and the integrity of the behavior of public figures and the non-tolerance of corruption by the country's citizens.

Conclusions. The main corruption threats to state and national security as a whole are singled out and the essence of corruption threats to state security in socio-economic, national-cultural and informational aspects is revealed. It is substantiated that the effectiveness of countering corruption directly depends on the effectiveness of the anti-corruption strategy. Specific measures to improve the interaction between the state and civil society in the field of anti-corruption are proposed.