Critical Analysis of Corruption
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Critical Analysis of Corruption
Ricky A Price, Col U.S.A.F. (Ret)
Kaplan University Online
CJ340-02: Applied Criminal Justice Ethics
Professor Kevin Stoehr
17 July 2012
Introduction Corruption is the use of entrusted authority for private gain. Corruption has two sides, the receiver and the giver. According to Myint (2000), both parties to corruption engage in the practice to gain from it and, therefore, both should be accounted for the practice. Corruption is vital barrier to the development of a country. The World Bank has identified it as the main stumbling block to developing countries to their development endeavors. The societal ill is most outspoken in the public sector, and it can be greed or need based. Top government official carries forward greed instigated corruption, even though, rich; greed drives them to amass more wealth to themselves. Need based corruption is undertaken by relatively low paid official with the purpose of obtaining more income to support themselves and their families. In this paper am going to analyze critically the issue of corruption, (Daniel & Cheryl 1998). Corruption and tradition I disagree with the statement that, corruption is a western concept and that some societies with the ‘gift culture’ cannot live without it and has no negative meaning. To begin with, parties to corruption, the giver and the receiver involve in it for gains. The gains are obtained as a result of defrauding the public. Take, for example, an importer who obtains a contract to import stale low cost milk, the importer enjoys the extra returns obtained from the cheap commodity but the detriments are borne by the public who may catch infections due to the consumption of the expired commodity. The costs of corruption far exceed the benefits which may be realized from it. A gift culture means that top government officials are exceedingly rich. When called to public meetings, for
Critical Analysis of Corruption
Ricky A Price, Col U.S.A.F. (Ret)
Kaplan University Online
CJ340-02: Applied Criminal Justice Ethics
Professor Kevin Stoehr
17 July 2012
Introduction Corruption is the use of entrusted authority for private gain. Corruption has two sides, the receiver and the giver. According to Myint (2000), both parties to corruption engage in the practice to gain from it and, therefore, both should be accounted for the practice. Corruption is vital barrier to the development of a country. The World Bank has identified it as the main stumbling block to developing countries to their development endeavors. The societal ill is most outspoken in the public sector, and it can be greed or need based. Top government official carries forward greed instigated corruption, even though, rich; greed drives them to amass more wealth to themselves. Need based corruption is undertaken by relatively low paid official with the purpose of obtaining more income to support themselves and their families. In this paper am going to analyze critically the issue of corruption, (Daniel & Cheryl 1998). Corruption and tradition I disagree with the statement that, corruption is a western concept and that some societies with the ‘gift culture’ cannot live without it and has no negative meaning. To begin with, parties to corruption, the giver and the receiver involve in it for gains. The gains are obtained as a result of defrauding the public. Take, for example, an importer who obtains a contract to import stale low cost milk, the importer enjoys the extra returns obtained from the cheap commodity but the detriments are borne by the public who may catch infections due to the consumption of the expired commodity. The costs of corruption far exceed the benefits which may be realized from it. A gift culture means that top government officials are exceedingly rich. When called to public meetings, for
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