The effects of corruption and counter-measures in the energy market on a regional national and supranational level

Master's Thesis from the year 2013 in the subject Energy Sciences grade: 1.00 University of Vienna (BWZ) course: Public Utility Management language: English abstract: The objective of this master thesis is to depict the energy environment regarding the various sources of energy the correlation of energy mixes various trends of transition and mainly corruption of these preceding aspects. An insight of successful and failing counter-measures is also provided.Along the analysis of numerous case studies a focus on Extracted Key Factors of the explored and evaluated characteristics of corruption and the energy sector is placed upon. The term corruption in an economic environment is defined as fraud bribery immorality and misuse of power however the actual scope is greater as the interdependencies of nations economies and their corresponding interactions create disruptions and discrepancies - especially when lobbying is exploited. Misinformation and the corruption of data are the most difficult research topics as science should not be misused in forcing an opinion with falsifying facts for instance and must not lead to technical provable contradictions.The approach to fight corruption is most likely to be efficient and successful if performed supranational on all public sectors - with adaptations to the energy sector - by all means with high collaborative efforts.