How to Eradicate Cancer of Corruption in Malaysia Morally‚ corruption is a deviation from an ideal. It may include activities such as bribery and embezzlement. In Malaysia‚ it can normally be seen when dealing with businesses or involving politics. Political corruption occurs when a governmental office-holder acts in an official capacity for personal gain. Statistics by Transparency International as shown in Wall Street Journal said Malaysia scored worst in 2012 Bribe Payers Survey. In other
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COMBATING CORRUPTION FOR ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT: THE RULE OF LAW‚ TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY BY: OCHIENG KENNETH OMONDI Table of Contents {text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-start} ABSTRACT {text:bookmark-end} {text:bookmark-end} {text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-start} INTRODUCTION {text:bookmark-end} {text:bookmark-end} Corruption - defined as ’the abuse of public power for personal ends ’ - has always existed. During recent decades‚ however‚ it has
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Economic growth The effect of corruption on economic growth has been extensively researched in the last two decades. While not denying that corruption may have played a positive role at particular times in specific countries‚ it leads to lower growth‚ hampering both private and productive government spending in investments and inhibiting the efficiency of public services. Corruption can also affect the growth rate through distortions in tax collection‚ the level of public expenditure and the composition
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DEFINITION OF CORRUPTION Corruption is defined as the use of public office for private gain‚ or in other words‚ use of official position‚ rank or status by an office bearer for his own personal benefit. Following from this definition‚ examples of corrupt behaviour would include: (a) bribery‚ (b) extortion‚ (c) fraud‚ (d) embezzlement‚ (e) nepotism‚ (f) cronyism‚ (g) appropriation of public assets and property for private use‚ and (h) influence peddling. Activities such as fraud and embezzlement
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CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF CORRUPTION Author: Floristeanu‚ Elena Date published: April 1‚ 2010 "... for as the offerer of a bribe‚ if it be accepted‚ has vanquished the taker‚ so the person who refuses it and is not corrupted has vanquished the person offering" (Demosthenes‚ De corona 247 B.C.) 1. Introduction Corruption has been and will be a permanent reality‚ the harmfulness of which hurts both the individual‚ and the society. The consequences turn this phenomenon into a highly media-covered
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causes of corruption and the factors that create the opportunities for corruption‚ what are effects of corruption on economic and political development in Armenia and in different nations. And according to this findings and the experience of other countries that have succeeded in their fight against corruption suggest the policies for reducing corruption in Armenia. The first chapter of the essay mainly deals with the terms‚ definitions‚ concepts and types of corruption. Corruption as one of
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Corruption Can Destroy Democracy K S VENKATARAMAN Defining Corruption The term corruption is very common but it is difficult to give a dogmatic definition of it. Broadly‚ it is any dishonest or illegal or selfish behavior for getting any undue benefit. It has a special reference to those who occupy a position of trust or confidence but act in violation of generally understood or specified terms of behavior. Corruption involves two sides: One side trying to get some undue advantage
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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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