corruption
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Name: TRAN THU TRANGNationality: VietnamEmail: [email protected]
DEFINITION
Corruption = Abuse of ENTRUSTED POWER for PRIVATE GAIN(Transparent International - The global coalition against corruption)
https://www.transparency.org/
CAUSES OF CORRUPTION
Corruption is legally prohibited, but also ethically indefensible. Why does it still occur everyday, everywhere ???? WHY???
CAUSESEthics
Government administration
Social Problems
Education
Causes
Ethics
Greed
Money Power
Lack of morality
Causes
Government
administration
Weak legislation judicial systems
Political instability
Problems in salary paying
systems
Inefficient and
Ineffective
regulations
“ To have a job in this company, I need to to pay 3000 USD and 4000USD for promotion . But every month, my salary is just 200 USD. How can I take my money back. I have no choice but to receive corruption from others“Hai Nam, Vietnamese officer
Causes
Poverty
Cultural environment that approves corruption
Lack of transparency
SOCIAL SYSTEM
Causes
Education
Lack of orientation to denounce corruptionLow awareness of
corruption
“ our day-to-day life nothing moves without our giving a bribe. That’s life! We have no choice but to follow the rules” Bao Thanh, Vietnamese governmental officer
IMPACTS OF CORRUPTION
Every year more than 2600 billion dollars are lost due to corruption. This equals five percent of the world economy . If there were no such thing as “petty” corruption, would these children have a better life ??????
Impacts of CorruptionEconomy So
ciety
Economic Impacts■CORRUPTION- Decrease economic growth- Reduce investment, especially Foreign Direct Investment- Lead government’s spending to wrong purposes, wrong places and
less productive activities
Social Impacts
■CORRUPTION- Cause poverty
- Reduce efficiency of aid
- Increase violent behaviors
- Distort ethical standards
They are not only short term effects but also long term influences on the mindset of the young as well as the whole society. Gradually, society would take CORRUPTION for granted and treated as a part of life.
SOLUTIONS
Fighting corruption is an extremely difficult task. It requires a change of perspective and knowledge, and attempt find common solutions to a common problem.
It is difficult but NOT impossible !!!
Solutions
EDUCATION
+ Talking about corruption at school
+ Increase public exposures to practical cases of corruption by using photos, articles, films, videos, and campaigns of naming and sharing
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
+ Issuing more effective and serve regulations and penalties for corrupted cases or persons
+ Provide legal protection for people who denounce corrupt behaviors
Solutions
INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
+ Establishing an International Network for media pressure and awareness campaigning
+ Increase the connection between International and Local anti-corruption and NGOs
TECHNOLOGY
+ Improve technology to decrease dependency on human services
+ Create transparent systems through more accountability of public records
+ Develop more tools and analyzing methods for investigation
+ Create systems to automatize processes (voting, examination…)
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