Analysis of the conformity of the financial resource management in the IR Iran's cultural sector with the obligations imposed by the ICAC

The International Convention Against Corruption as the first international document which tries to guarantee the prevention of corruption may be considered as a long step to founding protect the human rights and his fundamental freedoms. The rights and principles emphasized by the founding fathers of the convention may be considered as the ideal of all proponants of the human rights and all those who are aware of the desolate effects of corruption on human life. This study is conducted within the framework of qualitative approach. The required data gathered by Semi-structured interviews and informal conversations with Samples which were selected using purposive sampling method and consisted of 15 experts including university professors and experts familiar with the culture and cultural agencies as well as managers from the public sector. Then, the data analyzed using a content analysis method (qualitative data analysis). This study indicates that the ambiguity and lack of trasparency in laws and regulations in cultural sector agencies such as Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, and Iran's Endowment and Charity Affair Organization, could pave the way to corruption in various organizations of the sector.