...Corrupt government no doubt is the number one cause of civil war. Riots and revolutions take place because of unjust government. The people feel unheard and misunderstood. People have no say in some forms of government, like communism. This creates friction in the country. In stark contrast, the world's most favored form of government, democracy allows people to not only chose their life, but also vote on their leader. This makes the people of a country much happier, and lessens the number of riots and revolts in any sort. With happier people, government officials could actually get what they want from the people. When a country's people are happy, it improves the way of life. It put people at ease, and it even stimulates the economy....
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...After years of a corrupt government, the country was in dire need of a transformation. The once very put together United States was slowly falling apart due to corrupt businesses and a laissez-faire government. The Progressive Era, which occurred from the 1890s to 1920s, was exactly what the nation needed. This era not only brought about a shift for the government, but for the citizens of the United States. After the long period of negligence from the government, the middle class began to gain a voice during this time. This voice of the middle class would prove to be very significant in making changes to the structure of the nation. The Progressive Era was extremely successful in bringing political, social, and economic reforms at both the...
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...began to realize that because of monopolies, the rich have left the hard working poor people voiceless, and that the riches are the cause of the corrupted government. “This element of monopoly, of appropriation and spoliation will, when we come to analyze them, be found largely to account for all great fortunes…” (Dudley 16). Many men have made their fortune off of buying a piece of land in the early days that later became very valuable, not by enduring hard work (Dudley 16). If one had a clear understanding of social issues it is easily recognized that monopolies allow...
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...probe initiated by the company itself over bribe taking by its managers at its city procurement center in Beijing and seven other outlets, including one in Shenzhen. Their detention is seen as part of radical shakeout precipitated by Eric Legros, the new executive director of Carrefour China. Legros is looking to rein in wayward local managers and tighten up a decentralized procurement system that has set Carrefour on a high-growth path in China but that appears to be outgrowing its usefulness. The police summoned 22 suspects for questioning between June 25th and August 1, including 12 local suppliers, according to two major publications, Shanghai Securities News and China Business News. The investigation netted an unidentified number of corrupt managers working at the fresh produce department who requested kickbacks in the form of promotional fees from suppliers. Carrefour did not dispute the reports’ accounts. Unlike the centralized system in procurement and coordinating logistics employed by its top competitor in China, Wal-Mart, Carrefour has been racing ahead in China through a model that empowers local managers at each outlet to manage pricing, choose suppliers and conduct negotiations on promotional campaigns, as well as arranging store displays. This high degree of flexibility gave ample room for managers to expand fast in the early stages of building the chain, but the wide leeway it allowed also encouraged endemic bribe taking at the local level and, over time, exacted...
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...Requirements for the Master of Public Administration Kennesaw State University May 2013 A Case Study of Corruption and Public Accountability in Nigeria Executive Summary In 2011, Nigeria was ranked 143th out of 182 countries surveyed by the Transparency International in its corruption perception index indicating the level of corruption in the country as compared to other countries. Although this came as an improvement from the previous years, it did not result from an improved system of governance, rather it was due to an increase in the number of countries that participated in the survey. Between 2010 and 2011, Nigeria’s rank actually decreased by 9 spots, showing an increase in corruption despite the efforts of the government to rid the nation of corruption. This survey shows a lack of accountability from public officials and a lax system of governance in the country. As a result corruptible acts are not...
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...and also to use a type of dictatorship in order to keep the citizens of their country at peace (Becker149-50). Also stated by Becker, democracy never flourished as a government unless it was used in small cities (Becker 151). It was hard to have a government for the people by the people when everyone had different...
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...citizens are least bothered about it and most of them think “What can I do? It’s the duty of the government, isn’t it?” But on contrary only we the people of India can bring about the changes in our country. Today, every citizen of India complains about the corrupt officials and ministers of our government. Ask any child about what he wants to become when he grows up and his answer is teacher, engineer or doctor. But no one says a “Politian”. But why not become a politician? As a result of the common perception about politicians being corrupt, India does not have too many honest, efficient and intelligent students who have contributed in other fields had contributed to the field of politics also, today India would have been a far more developed than it is today. We say that we don’t have proper facilities in India, but we must not forget that half of the population of India doesn’t pay taxes and it is commonly felt that quite a large percentage of the taxes that are collected go into the pockets of corrupt bureaucrats and ministers. Then we complain about the lack of cleanliness in our country. We say that our government is doing nothing to keep our country clean and green! Let me remind you that it is not the government that throws empty wrappers and garbage on the streets; it is we the common people. If we can’t keep our cities clean, we have no right to blame the government. We also complain about the water and power shortages in our country. Every day, during summers...
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...corruption. In Pakistan, the corruption is deep rooted and has many dimensions. There are several causes and remedies for the public policy makers to root out corruption in Pakistan. Key Words: Corruption, Economic rent, Developmental obstacle. Social evil, Remedies Introduction Corruption is a universal curse around the world and exists in all the countries as a common phenomenon, both in developing or poorer countries and developed countries. The difference is only of the degrees of corruption. In the last five years, leading politicians in U.K., Belgium, France, Spain and Italy have been convicted of corruption and in fact, the entire European Commission resigned because of it. U-Myint (2000); World Bank (2001); Law Commission of Government of India (2001); Anupam Das et al (2011) have traced that concept of corruption has roots in the ancient world and although its form may have shifted through the centuries, it is still alive and rampant in the modern age especially, in the developing world. U-Myint (2000) asserted that corruption...
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...four-pronged approach to guide the Bank's anti-corruption activities: • Preventing fraud and corruption in Bank-financed projects • Helping countries requesting Bank support to reduce corruption • Taking into account corruption in country strategies, lending, policy dialogue, analytical work and in the choice and design of projects • Adding voice and support to international efforts to lower corruption. The ongoing anti-corruption work in Bangladesh will help to address the four-pronged approach. This report summarizes the findings of four diagnostic studies on corruption conducted by Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) for the World Bank, and includes recommendations that could used for the Bank’s dialogue with the government. Objective, Scope and Limitations The objective of the diagnostic studies is to help improve our knowledge of the manifestations of corruption, analyse the factors / causes leading to the phenomenon of growing corruption, determine the reasons that impede anti-corruption work, and propose remedies. A key objective is to improve our knowledge of areas where corruption is most prevalent along with improved information on the magnitude of bribe payments, the mode of payment of bribes, and the process involved, so as to come up with some specific remedial action plan. This report recognises that measurement problems are a serious obstacle facing any work on...
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...When we look at developed country we can see the innovation and adaptability within the government and the citizens within. The fundamental to the success of the wealthy and industrialized countries is the capability to account for variable change. The economic and social environment is rapidly changing, a country can sustain stability only if it can effectively anticipate and respond to the changing demands (Brown, 2011). In the Middle East, stability is measured in terms of the politics, economics, and social tensions that shape the nation. The political stability, levels of democracy, voter participation, and press freedom represent a traditional Western approach to evaluating the legitimacy of governance (Cordesman, 2011). The Middle Eastern countries do have valuable information on how to govern because they do try to mirror the Western approach on government. They still need better and more sophisticated measures for the government to put into practice (Cordesman, 2011).They need a political system where there is the existence of groups with different ethnic, religious, or political background that have a credible voice that hold the capabilities to govern and deal with the underlying problems in the region. A key challenge for the Middle East’s stability is how to reshape the government to meet the popular need (Cordesman, 2011). Just as we recently seen in Egypt, the United States had to enforce the power of the people’s voice by forcing former president, Hosni Mubarak...
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...you, because if it is employed virtuously, and as one should employ it, it will not be recognized, and you will not avoid the infamy of its opposite.” (Machiavelli 54) What Machiavelli is saying here is that to be successful a leader needs to appear to be good even if he is not. He’s also saying that a leader who is virtuous will not succeed and will not be appreciated by his people. In my opinion, I feel that a leader must possess some degree of honesty and generosity. I feel that one important quality a leader must possess is honesty. Without honesty a government will eventually fail. People will eventually find the truth out about certain things and when they do it will be not good for the government. I feel that even though governments should always be honest that this isn’t the case most times. Governments lie to their subjects all the time so they feel safe or to get them to believe whatever the government wants to get things accomplished. Machiavelli felt that a leader did not need to be honest but just appear to be. He felt that a leader should lie when it’s and tell the truth when it’s suitable. I disagree with this idea but I do feel that it works. The problem with this idea is that once a leader lies too many times all trust is lost and he will most likely be ousted. Another a quality that is important in leadership is generosity. Machiavelli felt...
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...life has some form of individualism, some trait that makes them different. While trees may differ in shape and size, ideas may differ in fluidity and execution. The government is an overarching idea that many different people throughout history have interpreted in various ways. While some people believed that a single person should run the government, others believe in a democratic system where everyone has an equal voice. Moreover, no one form of government is “right” or “good”, there is simply a successful and unsuccessful. In John Gardner’s Grendel, the government is structured in the form of a feudal monarchy meant...
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...of the government has potential to be legitimate, but it is not fully there yet. The primary source, as well as the greatest strength of legitimacy in Paraguay is through legal actions. Free elections are held for the people to vote for the president and legislative members (10). The people also have freedom of speech (11). They used that freedom this past August, when many Paraguayans marched in the country’s capital...
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...The Bribing of Government Officials Submitted by: asherlyn IMS121 March 21, 2014 Submitted to: Ms. Doris L. Sunaz Human Behavior Instructor INTRODUCTION Corruption is a complex phenomenon. Its roots lie deep in bureaucratic and political institutions, and its effect on development varies with country conditions. But while costs may vary and systemic corruption may coexist with strong economic performance, experience suggests that corruption is one of the most severe impediments to development and growth in emerging and transition economies. Corruption is widespread in many developing and transition economies, not because their people are different from people elsewhere, but because conditions are ripe for it. The motivation to earn income through corrupt practices is extremely strong, exacerbated by poverty and by low and declining civil service salaries. Coupled with a strong motivation is the fact that there are ample opportunities available to engage in corruption. Corruption flourishes where distortions in the policy and regulatory regime provide scope for it and where institutions of restraint are weak. The problem of corruption lies at the intersection of the public and the private sectors. It is a two-way street. Private interests, domestic and external, wield their influence through illegal means to take advantage of opportunities for corruption and rent seeking, and public institutions succumb to these and other sources of corruption in the absence of...
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...magnitude that the corruption is affecting the fundamental establishments of democracy. As Ben Doherty, a reporter for Guardian Australia and twice a Walkley award winner for his foreign reporting, states, “[India] instead of being of the people, for the people, by the people, has become a government of the corrupt, for the corrupt, by the corrupt.” The sad truth is that India, although once prided as the world’s largest democracy, can no longer retain that title as it has transformed into an oligarchy where the power lies in the hands of the rich and the corrupt. While a democracy must be driven by the people, it is not necessarily a good form of government. The definition of a democracy, according to Sean Connolly in his book Democracy, is a “government where the people have the power and… [that] works to benefit these people” (3). Essentially, he is saying that the government in a democracy is “of the people” and “by the people” so that the people have the power, and “for the people” so that the government actually works for the people and not for its own selfish interests. In addition, Connolly supports the definition that Winston Churchill put forth calling democracy the “worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time” (Churchill qtd. in Connolly). This is vital as the presence of corruption does not automatically disqualify a country as a democracy. In fact, corruption can be prominent as Dr. Michael Kugelman, Senior Program Associate...
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