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Analysis of the Current Issue of Corruption in the Czech Republic with a Focus on Public Administration
Baštář, Filip ; Louda, Tomáš (advisor) ; Matula, Miloš (referee)
This diploma thesis analyses the current state of corruption in the Czech Republic. Primarily I focus on public administration and public sector, however I seek a comprehensive view on the issue in my thesis. The first part presents the theoretical approaches to corruption, bureaucracy and public administration, lobbying, interest groups etc. The practical part deals with methods of measuring corruption, the position of the Czech Republic against other states, legal specification of corruption and the impact of corruption in the states economy. Furthermore, I present causes of origin and spread of corruption and analyse current and planned instruments of government anticorruption fight in combination with the activities of organizations dealing with corruption. The aim of my thesis is to determine whether the current anti-corruption steps are properly set and whether those steps are actually implemented.
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Activities of interest groups in the area of GMO: a case study of genetically modified maize
Nekovařík, Tomáš ; Vymětal, Petr (advisor) ; Matějková, Adéla (referee)
This thesis deals with promoting of the interests in the area of genetically modified organisms. The aim is to analyze the activities of interest groups in the area and affect different approach of governments to GMO in the USA and Europe. The work is structured into four parts. The first chapter theoretically defines interest groups and lobbying. The second chapter is devoted to genetically modified organisms and the differences between the EU and the USA in the legislation, the extent of cultivation and the approach of governments. The third chapter deals with Monsanto - the company that dominates the amount of interest groups in this area. The fourth chapter presents a case study of the problem of genetically modified maize in Europe. Just on the case of genetically modified maize can be seen in the European Union activities interest groups, approach of member states and European Union approach.
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Lobbing v ČR
Dudová, Barbora
This bachelor thesis is concerned with the analysis of lobbying in the Czech Republic. It demonstrates negative effects of the enforcing of particular interest in public administration. Furthermore, the contributions of lobbying are described as an essential component to the decision-making process; in addition to that, particular chapter is concerned with the differences and similarities between lobbying and corruption. Moreover, the thesis addresses the legislative insufficiencies in the Czech Republic that enable non-transparent enforcing of interest. The opinions of both, public and private sector, concerning the issues of lobbying and its regulation are also presented. The efforts of the passage of lobbying law in the CR are briefly mentioned along with the recommendations of specialists regarding the possible regulation of lobbying within the conditions of the Czech Republic.
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Lobbing a jeho uplatnění v rámci komerčních komunikací
Hachlinec, Miroslav ; Postler, Milan (advisor)
Diplomová práca Lobing a jeho uplatnenie v rámci komerčných komunikácií si kladie za cieľ analyzovať postavenie a vnímanie lobingu vo svete širokou aj odbornou verejnosťou. Práca je rozdelená na osem častí. Skladá sa z teoretickej časti doplnenej o analytické prvky a praktickej časti nasledovanej prípadovými štúdiami k danej problematike. Prvé kapitoly upresňujú odborové začlenenie lobingu do marketingových komunikácií a public relations. Ďalšia časť práce je venovaná špecifikám lobingu v Spojených štátoch a v Európskej únii. Nasledujú state venované pripravovanému zákonu o lobingu na Slovensku a prieskumu verejnej mienky v Českej republike. Posledné časti popisujú, ako sa lobing využíva v praxi. Praktickú časť dopĺňajú prípadové štúdie.
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Lobbying in the USA – The analysis of lobbying spending
Hazalová, Jana ; Vymětal, Petr (advisor) ; Müller, Karel (referee)
Lobbying spending is a current and often discussed topic in the United States. Despite plenty of publications about lobbying only few of them deal with lobbying spending. Those are the essential reasons for choosing this topic. This work focuses on complex analyses of lobbying spending and attempts to answer three questions: who are the top spenders, how much do they spend on lobbying and on which purpose between the period 2001 and 2011. The text is divided into three chapters. The first chapter deals with lobbying definition, its history in the USA and the current legislation. The second chapter analyses top industries and top lobbying spenders. The third chapter discusses the spending of pharmaceutical industry. Both last chapters have the same structure. At first, the particular subjects and overall spending are presented. The next part analyses development of spending and the aim of their use.
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Possibilities of lobbying regulation in the Czech Republic
Klouda, Petr ; Vymětal, Petr (advisor) ; Müller, Karel (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to introduce the system of legislative lobbying regulation namely in United States of America and to apply these findings to the Czech Republic environment and to compare U.S. regulation with Czech proposals of lobbying regulation. Structure of this thesis is divided into theoretical and practical parts. Theoretical part is presenting the lobbying history and the first attempts to regulate the lobbying subsequently the main terms and definitions concerning the lobbying and its regulation are introduced. The practical part includes a closer look to the lobbying regulation in the USA mapping the process from history including the main legal documents to its contemporary form. As follows the information about Czech environment and first attempts to regulate lobbying are presented. Subsequently, at the end of practical part I offer a comparison of the USA system of regulation of lobbying and the proposals according to which the Czech lobbying regulation system should formed.
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Lobbying versus corruption
FILIPČÍK, Jan
This thesis deals with a very actual issue of corruption and lobbying. The main aim of this thesis is to define the terms of lobbying and corruption and to explain the activities of lobbying firms. The other aim of this thesis is to define the differences between lobbying and corruption, because nowadays many people think that these two terms are similar. The thesis also contains the practically examples of corruption and lobbying.
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Lobbying in the EU
Králíčková, Jana ; Štěňhová, Božena (advisor) ; Jakš, Jaroslav (referee) ; Telička, Pavel (referee) ; Liška, Ondřej (referee)
Struktura lobbingu v Evropské unii pomalu posouvá k více demokratickému modelu. Nejvlivnější institucí není již Rada EU, ale nejvhodnějšími institucemi k lobbingu se stávají EP a Komise. Nejen tento posun přispívá k demokratizaci celého procesu, velkým přispěvatelem je lobbing samotný. Žádný zákonodárce na světě není schopen vědět vše o všem, není schopen vnímat všechny aspekty daného problému. Prapůvod vzniku lobbingu tkví v zájmových skupinách. Zákon je většinou kompromisem různých názorů a zájmů různých lobbistických skupin. Lobbing různých zájmových subjektů u volených zákonodárců je v této souvislosti jedním z důležitých přispěvovatelů k demokracii v Bruselu
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The concept, practice and culture of lobbying in the English speaking countries
Vymětal, Petr ; Reschová, Jana (advisor) ; Žák, Milan (referee) ; Malíková, Ľubomíra (referee) ; Rychetník, Luděk (referee)
The regulation of lobbying is a current topic both at the level of international organizations as well as in many European and overseas countries. This work deals with the comparison of the rules on lobbying in selected English-speaking countries. Descriptive, doctrinal and comparative methods are used to analyze the main trends in the lobbying regulation of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as well as Australia. The text is structured into four chapters. The first chapter deals with the definition of lobbying and its differences from corrupt dealings; it also covers the types of lobbying activities and the various kinds of lobbyists. The second chapter attempts to contextualize lobbying into the theories of the decision-making process. A comparison of the similarities and differences of the lobbying rules is made and analyzed in the third and fourth chapters. Both the third and the fourth chapter have a similar structure -- first, the general rules and approaches to regulation are introduced, and then a comparison of selected English-speaking countries is made. The third chapter deals with the most common rules for lobbyists; the fourth chapter focuses on the relatively neglected side of lobbying contacts, i.e. the rules for the targets of lobbying (public office holders). In the end, some measures and recommendations for the Czech Republic are also outlined.
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Rent-seeking in the application to „Government bonds for citizens“
Bučková, Kristýna ; Schwarz, Jiří (advisor) ; Jaklín, Jiří (referee)
The emission of government bonds is a topical issue for Czech citizens. Czech government aims to borrow financial means directly from households to whom it provides a safer deposit for their financial assets at a higher interest rate than they can achieve from their time deposits at commercial banks. Such emission would be beneficial also for the government will not need to pay citizens as high interests as it would pay to commercial banks in case of borrowing the money from them by means of exclusive sale of government bonds to them. The project seems advantageous for the citizens as well as for the government, but not for the middlemen, for commercial banks.However the realization of the project "Government bonds for citizens" has been postponed and begins to be threatened by different conflicting interests of interest groups. Especially interests of commercial banks are responsible for postponing of this project. An exclusive position of commercial banks in government bonds trading brings a certain rent for them. Size of this expected rent is not only temptation for banks to maintain their rent-seeking position but also is a rational limitation for their rent-seeking avtivities.
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