The inoculation of corruption in times of the COVID 19 pandemic

Abstract

This article aims to analyze how corruption affects the population in times of the COVID 19 pandemic, various countries presented cases of corruption creating a threat to the well-being of citizens, limiting economic growth and generating a negative impact of citizens against public institutions. The method used was deductive, of non-experimental design, the information gathering technique was documentary analysis, based on the epistemological systematization of "Open Access" of articles published in reference to corruption in COVID-19. The results emphasized that corruption is latent, that there is
a high level of distrust of the population against public institutions. the pandemic was an opportunity to increase his personal benefit. The conclusions reached indicate that corruption creates a barrier in the sustainable economic development of the country. Countries like Mexico, Ecuador, Cuba, Brazil, Colombia including Peru, have not been competent to confront corruption head-on; Governments, at all levels, evidenced acts of corruption by acquiring overvalued goods and using direct contracting in the choice of supplier. Consequently, it is urgent to give sustainability and follow-up to the systems of accountability, transparency, ethics and integrity within public institutions.