Criminalization of corruption in the private sector; Historical developments and domestic and international documentation

Despite the numerous measures to fight corruption in its various forms in Iran's legal system, a significant and tangible reduction in the direction of reducing administrative corruption and improving the health of the administrative system is not observed. Among the most important reasons expressed by experts; Lack of criminalization of corruption in the private sector. The present article, which was written in a descriptive-analytical way with the aim of examining the historical developments and domestic and international documents of the fight against corruption in the private sector, comes to the conclusion that the private sector is that part of agriculture, animal husbandry, industry, trade and services. It is possible that it complements government and cooperative economic activities. The history of fighting corruption in the private sector at the international level is much older than criminalization and fighting corruption at the domestic level .At the international level, the criminalization of corruption in the private sector has been specified in both international and regional documents, and in both of these documents, the criminalization has been extended to the private sector, and countries have been advised to To criminalize it in the internal laws and regulations, take necessary measures. Iran's legal system is associated with numerous gaps in relation to corruption in the private sector, and the fight against corruption and criminalization is not capable of being realized in the private sector due to the conditions that are foreseen for the realization of criminal titles related to corruption. According to experts, this vacuum is one of the main reasons for the lack of tangible success in the fight against corruption at the macro level.