...Running head: CORRUPTION: WHERE DOES IT START? Corruption: where does it start? Name Course Institution Date Corruption is a social disease that entails social justice that plagues many developing countries today. Corruption is just as multifaceted concept as there are societies and economic and political systems that embraces from the broad concept of corruption to the narrow legal concept of bribery. Corruption is the abuse of public office for private gain and the abuse of public power for private benefit. A well known definition of corruption is the one of the World Bank which considers it is the abuse of public office for personal gain. “Corruption has been broadly defined as the misuse of public office for private gain and the abuse of entrusted power” (Vargas-Hernández, 2011, p. 270). This paper will identify the root causes of how corruption starts? Corruption takes place when an individual tries to gain personal gain through an unfair advantage of someone else's condition, status or position. It occurs when a product, accommodation or activity's reality is altered in a manner in which another person is endangered or cheated. Corruption is a symptom of other fundamental causes (Xin & Thomas, 2004, p. 297).Widespread corruption is a symptom of inefficient administration. Corruption starts, firstly, when a country or state allocate scarce benefits to individuals and firms...
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...Constitution says: “We the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute INDIA into a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic and to secure to all its citizens, Justice, Social, Economic and Political… equality of Status and opportunity… in our Constituent Assembly this Twenty Sixth day of November, 1949, do hereby adopt, enact and give to ourselves this Constitution.” In the directive principles of the Constitution, the State shall strive to promote the welfare of the people by securing and protecting a Social order with justice, economic and political, in all Institutions of National life. How difficult it is to achieve this task of reaching these lofty goals set by the founding fathers of our Constitution with corruption prone Administrative machinery? We believed in ‘Simple living and High thinking’. We are seeing now ‘High living and simple thinking’. We were taught eating in public and easing in private; it is the opposite now. Newspeak has coined expressions like ‘Speed money’ ‘Hush money’ ‘Slush money’ and so on. A static...
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...Bryan Jaeger Business and Ethics UI400-01 April 20, 2015 International Business and Bribery Have you ever bribed someone to let you do something that you weren’t allowed to do? As much as I hate to admit to it, I have done it my fair share of times. Bribery can be a good or bad thing depending on the situation and how the bribe is used. No matter what I believe that bribery can usually lead to bad consequences. Though it can happen for just small things such as slipping someone a 20 dollar bill to get you into a club, it can also happen in big corporations that are involved in international business. If they are discovered by the government these big companies will pretty much lose everything. For example, “In February of 1975, Eli M. Black, the CEO of United Brands Company, jumped from the 44th floor of his New York City office Building. Black’s jump followed a $1.25 million bribe to Honduran Chief of State General Oswaldo Lopez Arellano to obtain reduced shipment taxes on the exportation of bananas”( Smith 1). This example cost the life of one person as well as high level job positions for 2 people and it hurt the company in a very negative way. This is just one example of a company that has been hurt really badly because of bribery. I will state a couple of more later on in the paper. One way most people don’t know is that bribery happens in the government most often with lobbyists. The whole system is corrupt and its one of those things that is very hard to fix overnight...
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...The challenges of leading AJS/534 11/30/2015 Bob KEHOE The challenges of leading Within the criminal justice field, there are numerous, also diverse challenges that they have to deal with on an everyday basis. The leaders of the criminal justice, police department start from low ranks in move up to one of the highest ranks the chief which they have positions and duties They have to do. While with roles as such, they have to deal with difficult tasks and situations within their rank. The duties they are diversifying the more they move up in rank. In discussion within this paper, it will talk about the challenges the leaders have to deal with currently also give an explanation for the steps that the criminal justice system leaders can do that can alter and help the criminal justice system in the future years to come. The police chief In law enforcement, the police chief is one, of the highest ranks as an officer. The person that has this position must prep their selves, for the negativity that they will have to deal with as chief. As the chief, the person will have to deal with the past also current challenges. Every situation that comes up with the police department are in the duties they, have within this rank is to guarantee the safety of the department as well as society to manage the officers, the public who employed by the department as well. The chief’s ability to communicate so that they can get plans and views to understand by personal, also to society...
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...Since September 11th, law enforcement has changed the way we train and the way we communicate with each other. Even though terrorist attacks had occurred many times prior to September 11th, it took something that overwhelming for us to realize that we were not prepared. As I think of the main police mission to serve and protect, terrorism has caused us not only to think of those two fundamental ideas, but to expand into training, knowledge and partnership. Terrorism has caused police departments to create specialized units in handling terrorism. The Patriot Act opened the door for the line of communication between local and federal governments. Before the Patriot Act, it was not as easy to gain information regarding possible attacks or even information regarding individuals. Now the FBI and other government agencies disseminate this information down to local agencies and work side by side. For the department I work for, we have created a Homeland Security Division which was created by the Urban Area Security Initiative. The new division was established to create a sustainable national model program to enhance security and overall preparedness to prevent, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism (Santa Ana). The division not only provides the street cops information regarding a terrorist acts, they provide all sorts of training opportunities to the officers. Training classes are always being taught regarding, active shooters, bomb threats, Terrorist updates and many more...
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...Cordova, Heshie Niña C. IV – BS BAM T-104 WF 1:30-3:00 Social Sin: Graft and corruption Brief History: Philippines suffers from widespread corruption which are manifested in many various forms including bribery, kickbacks, embezzlement, vote buying, cronyism, and nepotism. The Marcos regime, which has been described as a kleptocracy, literally “rule by thieves,” made the Guinness Book of World Records in the late 1980s as the most corrupt government of all time.. According to a World Bank study in 2008, corruption in the Philippines is considered to be the worst among East Asia’s leading economies and the country has sunk even lower among those seen to be lagging in governance reforms. The 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index published by global watchdog Transparency International, showed that the situation in the country had improved slightly but still remained serious. The Philippines ranked 3rd among 180 countries included in the index, up from its previous 141st ranking in 2008. The nation scored 2.4 in the TI index, compared to 2.3 in 2008. Corruption exists in all levels of the government, especially among high-level civil servants, according to the US Department of State Investment Climate Statement 2013. Companies generally have little confidence in the Philippine judicial system, and this is due to the allegedly incompetent court personnel, corruption and long delays of court cases. Expatriate businessmen in Asia perceive the Philippines as the...
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...STRUCTURE 1. IMPACT: There is clear evidence that the existence of a strong, independent and free press powerfully drives economic and social development and poverty reduction. “A free press is not a luxury. It’s the start of an equal development. The media can expose corruption. tragedies, injustices, famine, … but is has too be Presidente del Banco Mundial, Jim Wolfenson 2. EXAMPLES: No substantial famine has ever occurred in any country with a relatively free press, writes Nobel Prize laureate Amartya Sen. The world-renowned professor of economics argues that the independent media also provide a voice to the neglected and disadvantaged while simultaneously preventing governments from insulating themselves from public criticism. 2. LIMITS: Freedom of speech has to be UNCENSORED, because when you start putting limits or barriers where do you draw the line? When does it become manipulation of power? When you give the ability of putting limits in press you create the risk off putting this power in the hands to censure and manipulate news in their personal/ political interest. A free press is not a luxury. It’s the start of an equal development. The media can expose corruption. They can keep a check on public policy by throwing a spotlight on government action. They let people voice diverse opinions on governance and reform, and help build public consensus to bring about change. Such media help markets work better. They can facilitate trade, transmitting...
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...Under Noy, RP the most corrupt in Asia SHOOTING STRAIGHT By Bobit Avila (The Freeman) | Updated August 20, 2015 - 12:00am Last year, on May 26, 2014, the big news headlines splashed in our major newspapers and on nationwide television was the report made public by Sen. Teofisto Guingona III where he exposed the names of 20 senators and 100 congressmen, including the names of their alleged agents in the pork barrel transactions that were written in the affidavit of Janet Lim Napoles. Then Sen. Guingona said, “In the spirit of transparency and the search of truth, and in line with my commitment to uphold the public interest, we are going to release to the media and the public and to my fellow senators, the copies of these two affidavits, let the documents speak for itself! ” As we all know now, the Supreme Court granted the petition for bail sought by former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile who is being held for plunder charges that was featured in the affidavit of Janet Lim Napoles, which Sen. Guingona exposed to the public more than a year ago. The SC imposed a P1 million bail bond for JPE. I reckon that the two other senators incarcerated with JPE, Sen. Jinggoy Estrada and Sen. Bong Revilla, the SC will soon give the same bail conditions to these two senators. I don’t know why the Department of Justice (DoJ) or should we call them the Department of Injustice is foot-dragging on these cases? Lest we forget, there are 20 senators and 100 congressmen implicated by Janet Lim...
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...Corruption can be a burden on many people, and with that, are a few ways to solve it. Your life can be elegant and are to pursue the American Dream and the other is no one does anything and lets their life go nowhere and ends up lifeless. The Great Gatsby consists of key components that are here in our society. Such as elegance with ladies and gentleman walking around believing they are more important than others. There is also corruption that takes over leaving your life hard to make it through the day. In the end one outcome is being happy with the life there is and the other is saying that there is no better place and giving up and letting your life be hopeless and lifeless. Gatsby lives in West Egg the least fashionable of the two eggs and the more wealthy people live in East...
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...CORRUPTION IN INDIA “Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.” ― John Steinbeck Corruption in the Indian society has prevailed since time immemorial in one form or the other yet not as damaging and serious as it is now. The basic inception of corruption started with politicians who have done great damage to our nation. Corruption in India seems to be occurring on daily basis and almost seems to have become a respectable thing here as most respectable people do it. It exists in India because of the connection between bureaucrats, politicians and criminals. Earlier bribes etc. were paid to get wrong things done but now it’s the reverse too, you need to pay a bribe to get right things done! Such is the condition of the once glorious nation. Now-a-days corruption can be seen everywhere. It is like cancer in public life, which has not become so rampant and perpetuated overnight, but in course of time. A country where leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel, Lai Bahadur Shastri and Kamraj have taken birth and led a value-based is now facing the problem of corruption. The basis of all corruption starts from the nature of humans. People in general crave luxuries and comforts and are ready to go through numerous unscrupulous means to obtain all their materialistic desires. They may outwardly talk about morality and value based life yet their inner voice says different. In the modern society a man who possesses the right principle is hardly recognized...
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...The Effects of Corruption and Economic Growth Cassandra Rogers Economics 523 Dr. David Dieterle Table of Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………3 Effects of Corruption on Economic Growth………………………………………………………4 Definition of Corruption..................................................................................................................4 Economic Rent…………………………………………………………………………….4 Bribery…………………………………………………………………………………….5 Trade Restrictions…………………………………………………………………………5 Is Corruption Good or Bad for an Economy………………………………………………………6 Low Levels of Corruption…………………………………………………………………6 Vietnam’s Economic Growth……………………………………………………..7 High Levels of Corruption………………………………………………………………...8 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………...8 References………………………………………………………………………………………..10 Abstract Corruption alone is not what fails an economy in growth. There are other factors to consider, such as, a weak and unstable government institution. Corruption can actually bypass these irregularities and possibly create growth in an economy. Studies show that there is no actual link between corruption and economic growth in “free” countries. In fact, low levels of corruption in free countries can be beneficial in economic growth. However, high levels of corruption can damage economic growth no matter the type of government institution or not. Effects of Corruption on Economic Growth If you ask citizens today, a great majority would probably...
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...INTRODUCTION As a preface to this assignment I would like to say that it is virtually impossible to inset all the solutions to a nations criminal justice problems in a one page (per county) summary. With the diverse nature of all 4 countries, to be able to “fly” into a foreign land at the request of the leader, and be given “Carte Blanc” to handle their criminal justice problem is about as impossible as implementing all that is needed to fix their criminal justice system issues within the perimeters of this paper. I would actually like to be alive in 2025 and to see this happen (other countries allowing us to handle their criminal justice systems) it might be akin to the forefathers of this country (Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton etc) seeing the implementation of the automobile as a transportation model for the people. I’m sure they could have never imagined people transporting themselves they way we do as people today. This is how I feel about the prospect of the four other nations allowing someone from the U.S State Department handle their individual criminal justice affairs. The problem that we face not only in the United States but worldwide is a highly heated debate. How do we handle this crisis that we are all encountering? It would be simple to only have one nice little problem that when corrected the system worked fine. This would be similar to a car with a flat tire. Nothing is wrong with the main components (engine, transmission, ect) but when the tire is replaced...
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...election. Elections have been practiced a long time ago; it’s one way for people to exercise their suffrage to vote to appoint their desired leaders. Philippines as a democratic country used election to appoint officials like senators and president. But with every election, news about vote buying, malicious tampering of votes, fraud and other dishonest acts increases. These kinds of acts are a start of an impending problem called corruption. To prevent corruption to take place, we need to take action first on our elections and make it clean and honest. Our team has come up to a campaign called “HONESTHESIA: Be the Cure” which aims to increase honest individuals and young voters to stop dishonest acts during school and nationwide elections. Our goal is to: 1. To provide awareness about honesty to students within 6 months 2. To teach the true value and importance of honesty during elections within 6 months 3. To increase by 10% the students who will value and practice honesty during elections every year after the campaign is implemented 4. To decrease dishonesty and corruption by 10% every year after the campaign is implemented The major target audiences of the IMC Campaign are high school and college students both public and private, mostly at the age of 12-22 years old but also includes out of school youth. This campaign is targeting the Cebuano students especially in suburban and rural places in Cebu. Seminars will be held from different schools and in each barangay...
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...Social Disorganization CJA/384 May 2, 2013 Social Disorganization The study of the causes of criminal behavior and delinquency has been around for many years. Many of the theories revolve around that many criminals are a product of their environment. The social disorganization theory is not much different than those theories in that aspect. Social disorganization can be described as the inability of a group of people living amongst each other who cannot or will not get along mainly because of their cultural differences. These cultural differences mainly occur in the poverty-stricken areas, where criminal behavior has even more room to thrive. Relation to Organized Crime Social disorganization and organized crime can be linked in many ways depending on the theory being used. With social disorganizations theory that criminal behavior starts in the community and a reflection of the people’s surroundings, areas with large cultural differences and poverty are perfect breeding grounds for organized crime. Areas that have a population of mostly poor residents are more likely to have criminal activity such as drugs, theft, and gangs. With crimes starting and spreading in these areas they turn into a way of life for the people living in them. With so many cultures living in such small areas the fight to stay alive becomes a violent multicultural one. Gangs and drugs are one of the oldest versions of organized crime that is still alive today and is directly reflected by...
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...Executive Summary Corruption has long been a part of world economy, and still is today. It can come in the form of bribery, embezzlement, fraud, blackmail, or extortion and can be small-scale involving a sector of a company, or large-scale seeding through government or an entire market. More recently has been the rise of globalization and anti-corruption legislation and organizations, all of which pose a real threat to the existence of corruption and unethical corporate behaviour in international business. Risks of displaying unethical corporate behaviour such as bribery and corruption includes repercussions in the form of anti-corruption indictments or public relations disasters and reputation damage resulting from negative publicity surrounding poor moral actions. Some economists argue that bribery and small-scale corruption is essential to doing business in some host nations and market, and others argue that in the long term, participating in unethical behaviour has negative impacts on both the local economy and the parties involved. Multinational corporations constantly involved in international business dealings can do three things to stop corruption: (1) - have ethical standards or company-wide moral codes in place to avoid having employees involved in unethical corporate behaviour, therefore making anti-corruption legislation easier to regulate, (2) – they need to use their resources and effects on local markets as leverage to discourage corruption in any economy,...
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