TY - UNPB SN - 4/2011 AU - Kronthaler, Franz Xaver AU - Becker, Katharina AU - Hauser, Christian T1 - Corruption and the resulting legal consequences T2 - Discussion Papers on Economics and Entrepreneurial Management (Discussion Papers on Entrepreneurship and Innovation) PY - 2011 CY - Chur A2 - Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft HTW Chur. Schweizerisches Institut für Entrepreneurship ED - Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft HTW Chur. Forschungsstelle für Wirtschaftspolitik ED - Schweizerisches Institut für Entrepreneurship AB - This article analyses if students, who can be regarded as the future decision makers in policy, economy and society, are able to recognize corrupt behavior in international business transactions concerning its legal consequences abroad and in the home country of firms. For this reason, a survey of students from all fields of study was conducted at four universities in the German speaking regions of Switzerland. They were asked to assess case studies, which described situations of national and international business activities with regard to their legality. Results show that the majority of the surveyed students had difficulties in identifying corrupt behavior and its legal consequences. On the average, they were only able to solve 2.6 out of seven cases correctly. Students of law achieved slightly better results. But with only 3.1 correctly assessed situations even they seem to have serious gaps of knowledge with regard to corruption issues. Furthermore, most of the students were not informed that corrupt practices carried out abroad can also be prosecuted criminally in Switzerland. Overall, the status of knowledge of students regarding corruption and its consequences is limited. Therefore, there seems to be a significant need for action in raising the awareness of the future decision makers. T4 - What is the current 'state of knowledge' that students possess as future decision-makers? M4 - Citavi ER -