Zagrożenia korupcyjne w polskim samorządzie terytorialnym

At least once a quarter Polish media discourse is dominated by successive corruption scandals. Media and scholars are mainly interested in public power abuse on government level, whereas problem of corruption afflicts lower levels of authority, as well. Therefore, the author is going to analyze corruption threats which occur in Polish local government. The author will examine phenomena such as: officials’ corruption (man as the weakest part of the system), maladministration of European Union funds, embezzlement in infrastructural projects, machinations in the implementation of IT solutions and threats coming from unofficial arrangements between subjects participating in public auctions.