"Crises and emergencies tend to increase opportunities for corruption in publicprocurement. This article shows how the Covid-19 pandemic has given rise tonew corruption opportunities and how regulators are trying to combat these, using the example of the case of the Bosnian raspberry firm Srebrena Malina. Theliterature review concludes that prevention mechanisms focus on the legal andregulatory aspects without considering firms' perspectives. In contrast, an ap-proach based on summary content analysis may help firms develop potential self-monitoring solutions that they can apply to ensure compliance with anti-corrup-tion regulations and avoid sanctions. Explorative expert interviews with ten international compliance experts are also conducted. The findings illustrate thatwhistleblowing incentives could foster compliance with existing regulations andpolicies in public procurement. This article advocates a more consequential im-plementation of the current anti-corruption and public procurement regulationsalongside self-monitoring measures in the form of whistleblowing incentives"

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