Why is corruption bad? How should we fight it?
103751
Corruption has been around since the beginning of time.  It is bad because it invariably has severe negative effects on individuals.  Fight it with the truth.
196174
political corruption occurs when the person in office stops doing what the people want, and starts pursuing his own agenda. If he is bought off by interest groups and votes their way because they donated a bunch of money to his campaign. I wish that they could take no money from anyone because usually the money is given with a price tag. I think that there are alot of corrupt law makers out there running our country and it is sad that the few who remain true eventually get drug down by all the dirty dealings in the capital. I think many start off wanting to save the world and make it a better place but with time they lose thier idealism and what it was that motivated them in the first place. I personally think that less government and more self rule and we would see a better society. We need to have our free agency and most of what government does is take that away.\n\nPolitical Corruption? Who has the most money to buy my vote!!!
1144825
Corruption has no barrier of border..it is everywhere..i think politicians all over the world are corrupted..
745042
In very simply, corruption is defined as 'Public office for private gains'. Corruption is a part of Indian Culture. We found that what is lacking is Political will. So far, we have not encouraged and protected whistleblowers. In fact, this is the area, where India is ranked among the best in the world, but for wrong reasons. Still we retained the title of the most corrupt. India is among 55 of the 106 countries where corruption is rampant. According to the corruption perception Index 2004, India shares this ranking with Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Tanzania and Russia. The most corrupt country is Bangladesh and Haiti. Once again, Finland has been judged the cleanest Country. Corruption prevalent in Government agencies are at the highest level. Bribery in Government procurement related contracts and other activities cost Indian taxpayers a whopping $7000 million. Very often, it says corruption increases economic efficiency. It is actually a moral and ethical issue that has direct bearing on good governance. Corruption is anti-poor, anti-development and anti-nation. \n\nThe solution is empowerment of people to manage the resources. Simple, Moral, Accountable, Responsible and Transparent (SMART) governance is to be made mandatory at every level of development. Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization are expected to raise competition and reduce Corruption. Empirical evidence shows that countries, which are corruption-free, have made rapid progress and have virtually eliminated hunger, poverty and unemployment. This humble book presents overview, operation, functioning, preventive and curative methods of inside enemy.
663304
because the governments are corrupt to the extreme.
384342
it is not possible.because a developing country is bound to have corruption.
55630
I don't have any detailed direct knowledge of specific problems, but an issue that runs throughout many (not all) African nations is corruption of the government.  The leaders of many countries are more focused on enhancing their own lives at the expense of their citizens that the people and their economies suffer [thus the problems with the banking systems].
761982
yes, there is corruption in all governments at all levels and more so in some countries than in others. americans would rather believe thought that we have the most here but just take mexico for example, every time they get stopped for a traffic violation there has to be a bribe paid, and they get stopped alot. most other countries have very obvious corruption like venezuela, india, and many other third world countries.
1038157
Unhappily, most "developing nations" are corrupt.  Billions have been spent on them, only to have the bucks stolen and/or misdirected and/or misspent.  Further, a bunch of them have an environment rife with disease and degradation.  It is a very formidable enterprise to "help develop" such places.\n\nSo I would say that what would be most effective is to promote self development strategies, which would mean self-cleansing of corruption, to start.  Once that has been well enough tackled, then these nations should prioritize their development with the view that the people need to work, and to work, they need decent food, clothing, health care, and education.
854688
Unfortunately, you completely misunderstand the problem.  Why is there corruption in all governments?  Because those in the governments have power!  The less power a government has, the less it will attract those who are power hungry.  Conversely, the more power a government has, the more it will attract those who are power hungry, and it is the most power hungry that are the most corrupt.  That is why the founding fathers, wisely, limited the power of our federal government severely.  Unfortunately, people have been more and more willing to give the government a bigger and bigger budget and more and more power, which attracts the very people we least need in such a position.  People continue, though I can't imagine why, to think that it is only a matter of "cleaning it up" to get a better situation.  The truth is that if the government was limited again to what it was supposed to be in 1790, there would be little motivation for the power hungry to take it over.  And, even if they did, it wouldn't matter anyway because of the severely limited power!  Talk about a win-win situation.   I think we are in for more of the same, unless the people finally say 'enough is enough,' and take away the unconstitutional powers of the government and the enormous budget they have.  Unfortunately people look at government as a benevolent big brother instead of the necessary evil our wise founders did.  Too bad, things will only get worse.
395664
Why not every other developed country is corrupt?
1150638
"If everybody stands together"...\n\nNow THAT'S the problem, because people are self-centred by nature and WON'T stand together to eradicate corruption :p\n\nFor example, you're a police officer investigation corruption. If the person you're investigating finds you out and whispers: "hey buddy, you get a 30% share of the profits, so shut up about us, okay?"... What would you do? Maybe you'd uphold your morality and get yourself into big trouble, but most people would just go along with the dirty business...\n\nI know, human nature is sad, but that's just the way it is!\n\nOilfield writes: "We just need to be harsher on people who are corrupt."\n\nMy Reply: No matter of laws or harsh penalties can stem corruption. The penalty for corruption in China is death, but guess what, 70% of the local government officials there are corrupt!\n\nebk1974 writes: "If every deal and every monetary exchange made was forced to be done in the open for all to see and was in conjunction with a strict accounting that was also open to scrutiny, that would make corruption virtually impossible."\n\nMy Reply: You can set laws, you can force people with a whip to do things in the open... but people will still find ways to hide in dark corners and escape from the law.
451719
because of lack of motivation and also Corruption.
477555
Corruption occurs everywhere, even in health system.The source of corruption is poverty, mentality (in some cultures it is something inborn and it is viewed as just a way to say thanks for the service. bureaucracy is another source of corruption, people prefer to pay instead of running from one clerk to another one.In media corruption has another form people just buy media corporations(e.g Berlusconi (Italian prime minister)bought several media companies, just to promote his personally and to hide his crimes)
902779
Yes police corruption runs ramped in my country. I have been a victim of police brutality over something that was unfounded by a  policeman and later the Chief of the police department stepped in and apologized to me and my son who witnessed the whole thing. It was nice filing a nice lawsuit against that ---hole!
210173
At the local level, maybe.  At the national level?  No honest person or person with ethics and integrity would want to hold a national elected office....the way things are run today, corruption is unavoidable.
365114
Corrupt politicians are traitors who betray the trust of the people. They should either be sent to the Firing Squad, the guillotine or simply HUNG from the nearest tree.