Wpływ kapitału intelektualnego i korupcji na stan bezpieczeństwa

In the twenty-first century corruption remains one of the major social problems in the world. It is also a factor in slowing down socio-economic development. Moreover, it facilitates dishonest politicians and businessmen to take smarter decision. It is a high level of negative consequences for indivi-duals in all areas of socio-economic development and national security. Re-cent press reports on corruption in Poland and in the world shows about the news and the importance of this problem. The aim of the article is to show that intellectual capital and its components can affect the reduction of the corruption in the country. The article consists of three parts. The first describes the concept of intellectual capital. The second impact of corruption on socio-economic development, and the last describes the fight against corruption. The adopted research method was a critical analysis of literature and own research on corruption and intellectual capital.