Do All Catholics Think the Same Way About Bribery? A 63-Country Study
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2025
Abstract
The present chapter is part of a much larger study that examines attitudes toward tax evasion and bribery. This chapter examines attitudes toward bribery among Catholics in 63 countries. The countries are ranked to show the relative acceptance or opposition to bribery. Data were taken from the most recent wave of interviews (Wave 7) of the World Values Survey, which was conducted between 2017 and 2022 in more than 90 countries. The study found that not all Catholics think alike when it comes to the acceptability of bribery. Catholics in Georgia, Bulgaria, Armenia, Montenegro, Andorra, and Poland were the countries that were most strongly opposed to bribe-taking, while the Philippines, Mongolia, Kenya, Spain, and Mexico were least opposed to taking a bribe. © 2025 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Recommended Citation
Robert W., McGee and Yanira, Petrides, "Do All Catholics Think the Same Way About Bribery? A 63-Country Study" (2025). College of Business and Economics. 516.
https://digitalcommons.uncfsu.edu/college_business_economics/516