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Corruption is a major threat to the social, political and economic development and sustainability in every society. It is the abuse of a trusted position politically or in other organizations for personal benefits without a legal justification. The rising rate of corruption worldwide has led to a higher rate of human suffering and adverse effects to the economy. It takes many different shapes hence, a remedy of it in a given region will not necessarily be successful in another and this has led to a serious exploration. The following discussion outlines some of the factors that causes corruption.
According to Stefan (2017), the political and economic environment is a major cause of corruption. This is because most of the economic activity is limited and regulated by the government and due to the availability of corrupt opportunities of acquiring personal financial stability, they readily accept bribes from individuals who wants to acquire governmental benefits and the victims can always make amendments with money. Ackerman (1996) stated that bribery imposes an indirect effect on other commercial and service activities through taxation and the society as a whole.
Professional ethics defines the standard of conduct in relation to the various professions, it maintains the public trust in the profession to ensure a continuous service. Professional ethnicity has declined due to lack of transparency and lack of control by this supervisory institution, decline in personal ethnical sensitivity due to the negative experiences and restrictions by the government without sufficient legal basis has nurtured individuals to develop an attitude of self-gain hence corruption at all levels.
Ethnological factors include the habits, customs and traditions of a given society. Ethnography involves understanding their behavior which may be as a result of the situations in their environment. People have different attitude towards corruption, some are against it since it corrupts good morals and the bible is against it, some have socially accepted it as a quick way of attaining financial stability and attaining achievements and fame while some practices corruption because of the corrupt monopoly of power. Also, tribalism has contributed to corruption due to the lack of courage to condemn people from our own tribes but instead defend them because of our own interests.
Some of the ways to which corruption can be solved are as follows:
- Revision of the anticorruption strategies on improving the efficiency and fairness of government to enhance the effectiveness of the private sector due to the unresponsive government.
- Public participation in campaigns against corrupted projects in the society and encouraging people to make ethical decisions and actions to ensure personal and professional success.
- The government should be a role model to the public by promoting ethical actions and good morals to the society in order to maintain the country attractive and respectful.
In conclusion, eliminating corruption is a long-term project to be handled from individual levels to the superior levels due to its widespread which has only caused human suffering and adverse effects on the society. I do believe a journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
References
- Delamont, S., 2004. Ethnography and Participant Observation. Qualitative research practice, 217, p.29.
- Pardo, I., 2017. Introduction: Corruption, Morality and the Law. In Between Morality and the Law, pp. 9-26. Routledge.
- Rivas, M. F., 2013. An Experiment on Corruption and Gender. Bulletin of Economic Research, Vol. 65, Issue 1, pp. 10-42. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2187722
- Rose Ackerman, Susan, 1996. The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences. World Bank, Washington, DC.
- Sumah, S., 2017. Corruption, Causes and Consequences. Submitted: October 17th 2017. Reviewed: December 6th 2017. Published: February 21st 2018.
- Shleifer, A. and Vishny, R.W., 1993. Corruption. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 108(3), pp.599-617.
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