Investigating the Economic Corruption from the perspective of Islamic Culture in the context of Hofstede's model

One of the issues to be looked at from an interdisciplinary perspective is the phenomenon of economic corruption. In the present study, the question is whether a desirable culture (Islamic culture) can play a role in controlling and eliminating the corruptions of the economic relations of the community. In this research, analytical and library methods are used. The Hofstede model has been used to explain the desirable culture with respect to economic corruption, which in fact is considered to be a research innovation. For this purpose, the components of power distance, avoidance of uncertainty, collectivism-individualism, and short-term tendency in relation to economic corruption and within the framework of religious behavior are explained; The result of this research is that the realization of a desirable culture (Islamic culture) will have a significant effect on reducing corruption in the society. In addition to the economic and judicial confrontation with the phenomenon of corruption, cultural planning is necessary to promote Islamic beliefs and anti-corruption. The use of cultural instruments to fight corruption will leed to increased social trust and social capital and this measure will contribute to formation of people-besed econmy and consequently, it helps to strengthen macroeconomic indicators.