Establishing the essence of preventing corruption in public service

Corruption is one of the most negative phenomena in the state system. Manifesting element of corruption has been highly experienced in public services where there is always a need in analyzing them. Without proper counteraction to corruption, it is able to nullify all previous achievements in reforming the country's mechanisms of government and stop its development. Despite some achievements of the Ukrainian state in the field of combating and preventing corruption, especially in the years after the Revolution of Dignity, society and the state leadership will have to make many efforts to significantly improve the situation in this direction. In order to select the most effective ways to prevent corruption, the positive experience of successful foreign countries in this area is studied.  Ways and methods of effective counteraction to corruption in the public service are considered.  Specific ways of combating corruption at each level of government are analyzed and compared. Peculiarities of counteracting corruption both in state authorities and in local self-government bodies are established. Emphasis is placed that without a proper improvement of the quality of public service in the state, in particular a significant improvement in combating and preventing corruption, it will be difficult or impossible to achieve a proper standard of living (well-being) in the state and society. It is established that the solution of the problematic issues outlined in this article depends on many environmental factors, first of all, such as the stability of the political regime in the state, an effective judicial system and the effective operation of law enforcement agencies.