Achakorn WongpreedeePratueng Moung-On2016-05-182016-05-182013b184352http://repository.nida.ac.th/handle/662723737/3031Dissertation (D.P.A)--National Institute of Development Administration, 2013.Research on the systems regarding the anti-corruption regime and corruption resolution in local self-government: A case study of Sub-District Administrative Organizations (SAO) in the Southern part of the Northeastern region of Thailand aims to study the following: 1) Forms of corruption within the Sub-District Administrative Organizations. 2) Anti-corruption systems in Thailand. 3) Problems in the anticorruption regime and corruption resolution within Sub-District Administrative Organization. A qualitative research method was employed to study documents regarding the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) pressing charges and cases are still undergoing investigations, and also by interviewing 63 key informants with the following results: 1) Most forms of corruption acts within SAOs were mostly related to procurement procedure bidding and hiring and employment cases, and also the misappropriation of income of SAOs and documentation fraud. Third place in the rankings are cases related to bribery regarding promotions and appointments. Most of the cases were against the Chief Executives of the SAOs and most of the acts were done in collaboration with other related personnel such as government officers, employees and other SAO officers. The roots of the cases were found to be initiated by government officers and SAO officers especially for misappropriation of income and approval signature fraud. 2) The corruption resolution regimes characteristics in Thailand were mostly comprised of: (1) Many investigation organizations were centered at headquarters including the NACC, which is the main organization for the investigation and elimination of corruption acts. (2) The organizations that investigated related cases were created as a tool to emphasize righteousness and to promote the justice system and morality within government and Thailand’s elite citizens, together with demanding the resolution of corruption within government offices by creating policies and new investigation organizations in collaboration with the existing ones, such as the emerging Office of Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) in the Ministry of Justice. (3) Some investigation organizations’ actions were too idealistic such as the Office of the Ombudsman Thailand. (4) Some investigation organizations which hold the action of the elimination and resolution of corruption issues in Thailand are too complicated and have sophisticated procedures, especially the NACC and the PACC. 3) Problems in corruption resolution within the SAO were caused by the systems where the NACC was too centralized and lacking in communication with other related departments, resulting in delayed in investigations and resolution. This creates opportunities to carry on with acts of corruption until expiration and often resulted in candidates being eligible for subsequent election. Direction and supervision by the Chief District Officer is inefficient because the District Office for Local Administration does not run under the Chief District Officer, which is why there is a lack of cooperation and communication. Moreover, the Chief Executive of the SAO often has a connection with a politician at the national level, and this is the reason why Chief District Officer do not carry out the investigations efficiently because they are terrified that they would be transferred due to their actions. Punishments would be carried out on the Chief District Officer once the cases are thoroughly investigated and is confirmed by the NACC Commission.324 leavesapplication/pdfengThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.Political corruption -- PreventionPublic administration -- Corrupt practices -- PreventionPolitical ethicstext--thesis--doctoral thesis10.14457/NIDA.the.2013.18