Ceremonial gifts - nice gesture or potential risk? : Gift reporting discrepancies in Slovenia

Kukovič, Simona (author), Joksimović, Jelena (author)

Integrity and transparency are crucial elements of modern democratic countries, and trust in politico-administrative institutions must be pursued and maintained at every turn, including when it comes to reporting ceremonial gifts. Despite their (often) problematic connotations, ceremonial gifts are a major element of building strong relationships, from the highest positions in politics and diplomacy to the closest public servants. This article examines data concerning reported gifts in the Republic of Slovenia. Through in-depth statistical analysis, the authors established anomalies in the reporting of ceremonial gifts, in particular flawed descriptions of gifts and problematic assessment of their monetary values, which in most cases is left to the layperson. The authors conclude that a problem clearly exists with implementation of the normative framework because only the technical aspect and less the qualitative side is taken into account while reporting ceremonial gifts.

• Language: English
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2023
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 833-855, 889-890
• Numbering: Letn. 60, št. 4
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-154398
• UDC: 341.75:395.83(497.4)
• ISSN on article: 0040-3598
• DOI: 10.51936/tip.60.4.833
• COBISS.SI-ID: 183395331
• Publication date in RUL: 13.02.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Teorija in praksa : revija za družbena vprašanja
• Shortened title: Teor. praksa
• Publisher: Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 763652

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• License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Protokolarna darila - lepa gesta ali potencialno tveganje?

Abstract

Integriteta in transparentnost sta bistvena elementa sodobnih demokratičnih držav, zaupanje v politično-upravne institucije pa je treba zasledovati in ohranjati na vsakem koraku, tudi pri poročanju o protokolarnih darilih. Protokolarna darila so kljub (pogosto) problematičnim konotacijam eden ključnih elementov pri gradnji trdnih odnosov, od najvišjih položajev v politiki in diplomaciji do najožjih javnih uslužbencev. Članek obravnava nabor prijavljenih daril v Republiki Sloveniji. S poglobljeno statistično analizo so avtorji ugotovili nepravilnosti pri poročanju o protokolarnih darilih, predvsem pomanjkljive opise daril in problematično ocenjevanje vrednosti daril, ki je v večini primerov prepuščeno laikom. Avtorji ugotavljajo, da se pojavljajo težave pri implementaciji normativnega okvira, saj se pri poročanju protokolarnih daril upoštevajo predvsem tehnični, manj pa tudi vsebinski vidiki.

• Keywords: protokolarna darila, poročanje, anomalije, preglednost, zaupanje, Slovenija, ceremonial gifts, ceremonial gifts, reporting, anomalies, transparency, trust

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: P1-0383-2017
• Name: Kompleksna omrežja