CORRUPTION Corruption is defined as the misuse of any power of public consequence for private gain. Corruption is not something new‚ as per Arthasastra of Kautilya ( around 3rd century B.C) : “Just as it is impossible not to taste the honey(or the poison) that finds itself at the tip of the tongue‚ so it is impossible for a government servant not to eat up‚ atleast‚ a bit of the king’s revenue.” “Just as fish moving under water cannot possibly be found out either as drinking or not drinking
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Corruption in India is a major issue and adversely affects its economy.[1] A 2005 study conducted by Transparency International in India found that more than 62% of Indians had firsthand experience of paying bribes or influence peddling to get jobs done in public offices successfully.[2][3] In its 2008 study‚ Transparency International reports about 40% of Indians had firsthand experience of paying bribes or using a contact to get a job done in public office.[4] In 2012 India has ranked 94th out
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Role of Media in Combating Corruption In our democratic system we have the role of three important organs i.e. Legislature‚ Judiciary and Executive. These organs of state are assigned with different roles viz. making laws‚ deciding legality or illegality and Implementation of laws respectively. These three arms of the democracy are given their respective areas to work on and with the sole objective of service of people or welfare of the common masses. The relative dependence or independence of
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the realization that “All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely” is completely valid. The movie “Serpico” demonstrates that the merit system and an outside agency are necessary to prevent systemic corruption within the Justice System. Systemic corruption appears to be facilitated‚ encouraged and protected by the “code of silence”. For example‚ officers are taught by fellow officers how to use the authority given to them to advance the sub-culture of crime. This fact is
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Anti-Corruption was the declared number one policy aim of the Olusegun Obasanjo administration. The success of this policy was‚ however‚ for various reasons not too impressive. Obasanjo ’s successor‚ President Umaru Yar ’Adua came to power promising to reform and continue the anti-corruption policy. But while the anti-graft agencies continued to arrest and arraign more individuals‚ including highly placed officials‚ for corruption‚ the general public expressed the view that the fight against corruption
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nationwide. Police corruption refers to police personnel who use their position and authority for personal rather than public benefit (1). Ever since the idea of rules and regulations came about in the early 1900’s‚ led by August Vollmer‚ there have been law personnel who were chosen to enforce those regulations. The majority of officers do their job the way it should be done‚ but there are a hand full who abuse their power. There are many different types of police corruption. Gratuities‚ bribes
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$94 billion)‚ in corruption‚ tax evasion and bad governance during the last four years of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani’s tenure.[10] An adviser of Transparency International acknowledged that "Pakistan does not need even a single penny from the outside world if it effectively checks the menace of corruption and ensures good governance".[10] The Transparency International also noted that the four years of the present regime under Gilani had been the worst in terms of corruption and bad governance
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Impact of bribery and corruption on business Some companies manage to survive and get away with bribery and corruption while others get caught up in public scandals that cost them a fortune destroying their brands‚ defending themselves and ultimately losing out on business‚ a top bribery and corruption-buster said. Retired Judge Ameer Ismail‚ Chairman of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABC)‚ speaking on the topic ‘Bribery and Corruption: Impact on Business Environment’
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Econ Gov (2008) 9:245–263 DOI 10.1007/s10101-007-0033-4 O R I G I NA L PA P E R Causes of corruption: a survey of cross-country analyses and extended results Lorenzo Pellegrini · Reyer Gerlagh Received: 30 September 2005 / Accepted: 20 October 2006 / Published online: 23 February 2007 © Springer-Verlag 2007 Abstract We survey and assess the empirical literature on the sources of corruption Thanks to the improved availability of data‚ we are able to produce an improved cross-country econometric
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Corruption in Banking The data for these findings include confidential and sensitive material elicited by TIB from retired public officials and managers. These so called "diagnostic reports" contain inside information and anecdotal evidence and give us insight into the nature and mechanism of corruption. A survey of consumers carried out by the TIB in 1998 provides corroborating evidence for the types of corruption suggested by the diagnostic reports. Of 620 households in the TIB survey of corruption
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