Corruption and law breaking seen as biggest threat to Polish business

According to a poll of executives in the 1,000 largest Polish companies by Deloitte, the major threats to the domestic economy are bribery and corruption, organized crime-rings and the embezzlement of firms' assets. Almost 95% of those questioned believed that economic abuses are the major problem of the domestic economy. According to over half of the managers, a majority of people responsible for the malpractices in enterprises are employees, rather than lower-ranked managers and clients. About three quarters of those polled believe that Polish legal regulations are insufficient for fighting abuse and corruption. Almost the same percentage of managers thinks that these are the main obstacles to the inflow of foreign capital into Poland. Virtually all polled do not believe that domestic justice system is efficient. A majority of companies are using internal procedures to prevent corruption and misuses. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, B1) M.M.