Corruption is a payment made or goods provided to a person that is not entitled to receive the amount or goods, according to the law so a person is corrupt when he/she makes/receives a payment or amount of goods that he/she is not lawfully entitled to.
Todays class we started with a short conversation between people (in character of course) about a teacher and a parent, the parent was bribing the teacher and eventually the teacher accepted the bribe, making both of them corrupt which started off our thoughts on how easy it is to become corrupt and what events can make a person corrupt and even what reasons someone has for becoming corrupt. This whole class stimulated my thoughts and ideas about corruption;
'Corrupt' isn't necessary what you want to be catagorized as in everyday life, but people do not always know the reason behind you being corrupt and so there might be a very important reason why you are corrupt. For example, saving someone's life sometimes even your own life through keeping your mouth shut because the person might have threatened you or your family which can have a great impact on your thinking and can make you do things you normally would no do (become corrupt). Even though it is wrong, in these cases there is a better reason for being corrupt that just taking a bribe because you need the money, or demanding a ransom because you need the money. There are different degrees of corruption such as a murder and a lie, but in the end they are both still corruption, no matter what you think is right or wrong or which is worse or even what you think about the person being corrupt, they are both still corruption and punishable by law which is why being corrupt is never good. I do believe there are certain corruption cases where a person has become corrupt because it was absolutely necessary and very important to others, however, corruption is wrong, but still happens everyday.
For many people or companies it is easy to fall into corruption. In several countries in the world there are no proper anti-corruption laws so corruption can go unnoticed and unpunished. Corruption is very attractive because often large sums of money are involved in it, and people who want to be rich often tend to get themselves stuck in being corrupt since they would do anything to become rich which makes them corrupt. When you witness a murder and someone keeps you quiet through a large amount of money or by threatening your family, you are corrupt, that is how easy it is to become corrupt. Corruption is very easy to fall into even if you want it or not.
If governments want to create an honest economy that attracts multi-national companies and investments, they need to provide a corruption-free society. Furthermore, a corruption-free society develops the right image of a country, both with local people as well as with foreign governments and institutions. Nowadays it is often mandatory for governments to demonstrate that they have tight anti-corruption laws in place before they receive international grants or loans to be able to attract other nations and companies to boost their own economy.
Corruptions exists at several levels in a country: At official governmental level, at business level and at normal people level. At governmental level, countries do have a good opportunity to stop corruption through the introduction of the necessary laws and educating its employees. At international business level there is also a good opportunity to minimize corruption since international (bank) transactions are often monitored by international authorities; if they identify corrupt transactions they have the possibility to stop them. The most difficult to stop is the small business and private household corruption. This is difficult to identify and control since it often involves cash transactions that cannot be monitored. A corruption-free society is not a reality yet for many countries and will not ever be achieved. The reason for this is because many people benefit from being corrupt and so want to continue since it often brings them wealth or goods they want (drugs, alcohol...)
This type of behaviour probably starts at an early age; People don't understand anti-corruption laws. When focusing on the benefits of certain (illegal) transactions/deals, they tend to focus on the end result/benefits which can start at a young age since the children will also be benefitting from it and so will likely be doing the same later.
I believe it is a learned behavior; no one gets born with the plan to become a corruptor. People are being introduced to corruption. It will be very difficult to stop corruption, but what can help is to teach people the correct ethical behavior, implementing strict anti-corruption laws, and companies signing up to anti-corruption charters will most likely reduce the number of corruptors, but will never entirely eliminate them, that is never possible in any case.
If someone would offer me money to keep quiet in a legal matter I would investigate if this request is not violating any anti-corruption laws and that it does not bring me in problems. Based on these outcomes I would decide whether to accept the money or not. But it is very hard to decide right here how I would react since it really depends on the situation, sometimes you have to do it because you need to protect someone and there is no other option (other than kill) but I would definetely make sure that I would not get in trouble either ways.
If someone took illegal money in a case against my family I would probably report it to my lawyer and ask him to look into the details of this payment to make sure corruption is not happening since it would not be fair.
In general, corruption cannot be justified. However there are situations where this can be different. E.g. when one of your employees is kidnapped and the kidnappers want a ransom amount. In this case you know you are being bribed for money, but you still do it to save an innocent employees' life. So, sometimes people become corrupt for all the right reasons (such as saving someone's life) which is still not entirely justified but is better than letting the person die.
In today's class we discussed about corruption again and talked about stimuli for performances based on corruption which we could eventually use to create a short play which we did not start this class. It was an interesting class since I did not know much about corruption and now am able to base a performance off of corruption or something that has to do with corruption and have a lot more knowledge on corruption (as discussed before), also, it was nice discussing some stimuli for our performances with other people since it made our brains think about good ideas and events based on these. It was an interesting class.
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Todays class we started with a short conversation between people (in character of course) about a teacher and a parent, the parent was bribing the teacher and eventually the teacher accepted the bribe, making both of them corrupt which started off our thoughts on how easy it is to become corrupt and what events can make a person corrupt and even what reasons someone has for becoming corrupt. This whole class stimulated my thoughts and ideas about corruption;
'Corrupt' isn't necessary what you want to be catagorized as in everyday life, but people do not always know the reason behind you being corrupt and so there might be a very important reason why you are corrupt. For example, saving someone's life sometimes even your own life through keeping your mouth shut because the person might have threatened you or your family which can have a great impact on your thinking and can make you do things you normally would no do (become corrupt). Even though it is wrong, in these cases there is a better reason for being corrupt that just taking a bribe because you need the money, or demanding a ransom because you need the money. There are different degrees of corruption such as a murder and a lie, but in the end they are both still corruption, no matter what you think is right or wrong or which is worse or even what you think about the person being corrupt, they are both still corruption and punishable by law which is why being corrupt is never good. I do believe there are certain corruption cases where a person has become corrupt because it was absolutely necessary and very important to others, however, corruption is wrong, but still happens everyday.
For many people or companies it is easy to fall into corruption. In several countries in the world there are no proper anti-corruption laws so corruption can go unnoticed and unpunished. Corruption is very attractive because often large sums of money are involved in it, and people who want to be rich often tend to get themselves stuck in being corrupt since they would do anything to become rich which makes them corrupt. When you witness a murder and someone keeps you quiet through a large amount of money or by threatening your family, you are corrupt, that is how easy it is to become corrupt. Corruption is very easy to fall into even if you want it or not.
If governments want to create an honest economy that attracts multi-national companies and investments, they need to provide a corruption-free society. Furthermore, a corruption-free society develops the right image of a country, both with local people as well as with foreign governments and institutions. Nowadays it is often mandatory for governments to demonstrate that they have tight anti-corruption laws in place before they receive international grants or loans to be able to attract other nations and companies to boost their own economy.
Corruptions exists at several levels in a country: At official governmental level, at business level and at normal people level. At governmental level, countries do have a good opportunity to stop corruption through the introduction of the necessary laws and educating its employees. At international business level there is also a good opportunity to minimize corruption since international (bank) transactions are often monitored by international authorities; if they identify corrupt transactions they have the possibility to stop them. The most difficult to stop is the small business and private household corruption. This is difficult to identify and control since it often involves cash transactions that cannot be monitored. A corruption-free society is not a reality yet for many countries and will not ever be achieved. The reason for this is because many people benefit from being corrupt and so want to continue since it often brings them wealth or goods they want (drugs, alcohol...)
This type of behaviour probably starts at an early age; People don't understand anti-corruption laws. When focusing on the benefits of certain (illegal) transactions/deals, they tend to focus on the end result/benefits which can start at a young age since the children will also be benefitting from it and so will likely be doing the same later.
I believe it is a learned behavior; no one gets born with the plan to become a corruptor. People are being introduced to corruption. It will be very difficult to stop corruption, but what can help is to teach people the correct ethical behavior, implementing strict anti-corruption laws, and companies signing up to anti-corruption charters will most likely reduce the number of corruptors, but will never entirely eliminate them, that is never possible in any case.
If someone would offer me money to keep quiet in a legal matter I would investigate if this request is not violating any anti-corruption laws and that it does not bring me in problems. Based on these outcomes I would decide whether to accept the money or not. But it is very hard to decide right here how I would react since it really depends on the situation, sometimes you have to do it because you need to protect someone and there is no other option (other than kill) but I would definetely make sure that I would not get in trouble either ways.
If someone took illegal money in a case against my family I would probably report it to my lawyer and ask him to look into the details of this payment to make sure corruption is not happening since it would not be fair.
In general, corruption cannot be justified. However there are situations where this can be different. E.g. when one of your employees is kidnapped and the kidnappers want a ransom amount. In this case you know you are being bribed for money, but you still do it to save an innocent employees' life. So, sometimes people become corrupt for all the right reasons (such as saving someone's life) which is still not entirely justified but is better than letting the person die.
In today's class we discussed about corruption again and talked about stimuli for performances based on corruption which we could eventually use to create a short play which we did not start this class. It was an interesting class since I did not know much about corruption and now am able to base a performance off of corruption or something that has to do with corruption and have a lot more knowledge on corruption (as discussed before), also, it was nice discussing some stimuli for our performances with other people since it made our brains think about good ideas and events based on these. It was an interesting class.
Picture : http://www.google.com/imgres?q=corruption&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=527&bih=683&tbm=isch&tbnid=pQOH9vjXwRoaOM:&imgrefurl=http://homesteadishome.blogspot.com/2012/07/seminar-to-address-political-corruption.html&docid=OasW_xQw_KnGzM&imgurl=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QdPFccFr8Fs/T_8UViJaW1I/AAAAAAAADoE/fS-4uW1u95c/s1600/corruption1.jpg&w=420&h=271&ei=tIdsUKCxBMftrAfJvoCgDQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=494&sig=103986192204212183777&page=2&tbnh=130&tbnw=201&start=11&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:11,i:196&tx=46&ty=51
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