Reference: A Comparative Study of Inequality and Corruption By Jong-sung You and Sanjeev Khagram From American Sociological Review Vol. 70‚ No. 1‚ 2005 I. Objectives of Study To give a theoretical account of why income inequality increases corruption To show the explanatory ability of income inequality and the interaction between inequality and democracy tested empirically against competing conventional explanations of corruption To conduct a methodological study‚ using statistical
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ROLE OF WOMEN IN ERADICATION OF CORRUPTION It is a matter of shame that even after 63 years of independence‚ India figures among the thirty most corrupt countries. The virus of corruption has crept into all walks of life and it can endanger the body politic of our nation. Eradication of corruption should be the nation’s number-one priority in view of the ever-increasing horizon of political and administrative corruption and its baneful multifarious effects on the society-at-large. It needs
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Is Corruption free India Possible? How you can help? Even after 62 years of India’s independence‚ the plight of common man has worsened. Corrupt public servants‚ corrupt judges‚ corrupt police‚ etc are proving to be parasites leading 5-star lifestyles at taxpayer’s expense. They in their greed for money‚ bribe are aiding & abetting terrorists‚ separatists‚ naxalites‚ underworld mafia‚ etc covertly & overtly‚ backstabbing our motherland. These corrupt public servants are crueler than Jalianwallah
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Corruption Free Bangladesh Corruption is silently eating into the vitals of our nation like termite. Bit by bit‚ it is denting our dignity and compromising our soul. Not only does it affect individuals like you and me but alarmingly it affects our nation as a whole. Imagine our nation slowly transforming into a nation of scoundrels and imbeciles. The odds‚ that next person you meet on the street‚ having either asked for or having paid a bribe‚ are getting higher by the day. All this exhibits a problem
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How to end corruption Prompt justice‚ prompt punishment to guilty‚ prompt registration of FIR in Thana and prompt action by police personnel‚ prompt movement of files in all offices‚ election and recall of public representatives and so on…. All these are possible only when the culture of flattery and yesmanism is stopped completely. Honest workers have always fear of wrong posting and rejection in promotion processes if they do not flatter their bosses or bribe them.. Honest person fear in
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Political corruption has been around seemingly forever.It’s like a weed that never will go away no matter how much you want it gone. Indeed Robert Lekachman noted‚ “Greed characterizes the workings of government” (360). Bell‚ California is an example of how political corruption took place. City councilmen and women took misappropriations of public funds‚ raising taxes and pocketing most of the money. Members of the city council took advantage of citizens‚ stealing the money they paid in taxes. Robert
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Corruption is the misuse of entrusted power for private gains. It is of different types e.g. petty‚ grand and political. The petty corruption is usually linked with the lower salary employees and generally considered as facilitating payments‚ whereas‚ the grand corruption is associated with the high level bureaucracy. However‚ the political corruption as name indicates is related to the politician. They usually involve in this type corruption in order to maintain their status quo. The corruption
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Police corruption is when law enforcement abuse their power for either their own personal gain or some other kind of gain like departmental or political gain. It is when they break the very laws and ordinances they are supposed to be upholding and enforcing. It is a very broad term that covers falsifying evidence‚ soliciting or accepting bribes‚ disregarding criminal behavior they know is taking place and all sorts of other forms of misconduct. Police corruption dates back to the 1830s when organized
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Introduction One of the major tasks of government is to provide goods and services to the people. There are however many factors that hinder the smooth delivery of goods and services. Corruption is one of the factors. A link has been established between corruption and economic stagnation. Corruption leads to misallocation of resources meant for uplifting of the majority members of the public for the benefit of a few. It is a universal scourge that has been described differently by various schools
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Police corruption becomes apparent in many different forms. A basic definition for police corruption is‚ when an officer gets involved in offenses in which the officer uses his or her position‚ by act or omission‚ to obtain improper financial benefit (“corruption”). The main reason for such corruption is typically for personal gain‚ such as bribery and gratuities; not only is this type of misconduct illegal‚ but it weighs a heavy toll on the local towns and state. The topic of police corruption has
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