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Introduction:GlobalChallenges,LocalResolutions
thePolisheasternborderisatthesametimetheperimeteroftheEuropean
Union,arenotliabletodecreaseintheforeseeablefuture.
Thespecificityofcontemporarycorruption-relatedhazardshaspavedthe
wayforvariousinstitutionalizedattemptstocurbtheproblembymeansofim-
plementingawholeplethoraofmodernizingincentivesandprojects.Inthis
particularcontext,theGAnti-CorruptionActionStrategyofthePolishCustoms
Service2010–2013+”constitutesanattempttodetect,operationalize,assess,
andmanagecorruptionrisksastheyaretypicaloftheCustomsServiceopera-
tionsanditsorganizationalfunctioning.1
Thismonographisconceptuallyandmethodologicallygroundedinthesur-
veyresearchconcerningcorruptionrisksintheCustomsServicethattookplace
infall2011andwhoseresultsweresubsequentlydeliveredinaformofsocio-
logicalreportinDecember2011(Burzyńskietal.,2011).Theargumentiscon-
ceptuallydividedintosevenchaptersaimingtodelineateapanoramicpicture
ofcorruptionriskswithreferencetotheirorganizational,culturalandagential
(personal)determinants.Likewise,boththecollecteddataandprovidedinter-
pretationsmaybeconsideredasanempiricalframeworkforimplementingac-
tionsandmodernizationschemesaddressedtostructural-organizationaland
agentialdimensionsoftheworkplaceenvironment.Inthisway,thepostulated
managerialsolutions(theconcludingchapterofthemonograph)couldbeper-
ceivedintermsofGlocal,”highlycontextualizedresolutionstoproblemsand
challengesofaninherentlyglobalscope.
Needlesstosay,themonographmaybeinscribedwithinabroaderscopeof
empiricalconsiderationsandtheoreticalreflectionsassociatedwiththedis-
courseofGriskstudies.”Althoughthedisciplinecanbeconsideredasanovelty
inthecontextofthePolishacademia,itrepresentsawell-knownandfirmlyin-
stitutionalizedresponsetorisk-relatedissuesworldwide.2Fromtheperspective
ofriskstudies,theaimofourresearchis,firstandforemost,toimprovetheor-
ganizationalresilienceoftheCustomsServicebymeansofpostulatingasetof
ready-madesolutionsandpostulatesdesignatingtheperimeterofgoodprac-
ticesassociatedwithcorruptionriskmanagement.
1Atthispoint,onemayalsorefertotheGActionStrategyofthePolishCustomsServicefor
theYears2010–2015”whichpostulates,amonganumberofotherideas,Gimplementingacom-
prehensiveriskmanagementsystemforthepurposesofcontrol,auditingprocedure,facilitations
andsimplifications”(15).http://www.mf.gov.pl/en/customs-service/customs-service/strategy.
2Itisworthareminderthatthefacultyofriskstudiesisamongthemostpromisingfields
ofresearchatthemostdistinguisheduniversities.Thisis,forinstance,thecaseoftheCentrefor
RiskStudiesestablishedattheCambridgeUniversity.http://www.risk.jbs.cam.ac.uk/.
