CORRUPTION: The long and short of it The recent turn of events in our country point towards a mass awakening to the scar of corruption and deeply it has trickled down into the grass roots of each and every sphere of India. People‚ rather the masses‚ are waking up and smelling the coffee and taking law in their own hands by questioning the government about each and every step taken by them in the past few years. The motto seems to be “civil disobedience”‚ a far cry from the peaceful protests held
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insignificant issues are much able to challenge the continual process of governance. Among these issues poverty ‚unemployment‚ corruption ‚different kinds of bandhs‚ dharanas‚ terrorism‚ web activism ‚degradation of the environment can be cited as the major challenges that are enough to shatter the very structure of democratic governance in India. Corruption – a social malady- hold its strong grip over the every human activities ranging from cradle to grave. A recent survey gave the
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Asia-Pacific Development Journal Vol. 7‚ No. 2‚ December 2000 CORRUPTION: CAUSES‚ CONSEQUENCES AND CURES U Myint* The paper stresses the need to keep the issue of corruption squarely in view in the development agenda. It discusses the causes and consequences of corruption‚ especially in the context of a least developed country with considerable regulation and central direction. Lack of transparency‚ accountability and consistency‚ as well as institutional weaknesses such as in the legislative
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CORRUPTION Anytime corruption is mentioned in Ghana‚ politicians and especially government ministers become the easy targets. Why not them? Because the impression has been created that it is only when you are a minister or a politician that you can make ill-gotten wealth or be corrupted. As a result‚ many low level officials in governmental institutions and agencies who daily rob citizens of Ghana for services rendered are left off the hook. Just imagine this. A friend of mine who lives in Belgium
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In philosophical‚ theological‚ or moral discussions‚ corruption is spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal. Corruption may include many activities including bribery and embezzlement. Government‚ or ’political’‚ corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts in an official capacity for his or her own personal gain. The father of the nation‚ Mahatma Gandhi had once quoted: “I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.” Isn’t that what
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THE CAUSES OF CORRUPTION: A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY Why is corruption—defined here as the misuse of public office for private gain—perceived to be more widespread in some countries than others? Different theories associate cross-national variation in the extent of corruption with particular historical and cultural traditions‚ levels of economic development‚ political institutions‚ and government policies. This paper analyzes which of various plausible determinants are significantly related to an
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Corruption simply means dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those who are in power. Corruption is the evil which lead to the economic social and moral problems of a country. The man is greedy in nature so that’s why he desire more and more and for achieving his desire‚ sometime he chooses the path which is against his moral standards we have so many examples of corrupt people in the world. Corruption is the mother of all evils. Corruption has done a deplorable situation in the country. There are
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Introduction Corruption is a disease‚ a cancer that eats into the cultural‚ political and economic fabric of society‚ and destroys the functioning of vital organs. In the words of Transparency International‚ “Corruption is one of the greatest challenges of the contemporary world.” It undermines good government‚ fundamentally distorts public policy‚ leads to the misallocation of resources‚ harms the private sector and private sector development and particularly hurts the poor. Corruption also defined
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1. Explain the claim made in the passage societies are likely to decline due to corruption. Societies are likely to decline due to corruption as it is not a good reputation to have and no other organisations will be willing to accept a society that has been involved in such a situation as corruption. A society also does not want to tempt their members to be part of corruption. Not only does corruption cause the above but it also loses business for the society. The do not want to involve and corrupt
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Corruption The word corrupt when used as an adjective literally means "utterly broken".[1] The word was first used by Aristotle and later by Cicero who added the terms bribe and abandonment of good habits.[2] Morris‚[3] a professor of politics‚ corruption is the illegitimate use of public power to benefit a private interest. Economist I. Senior[4] defines corruption as an action to (a) secretly provide (b) a good or a service to a third party (c) so that he or she can influence certain actions which
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