How to Beat the CorruptionCorruption cannot be eliminated.human beings are not always given to ethical behaviour.if it suitsme,if it benefits me, I willsubmit to the temptation of being a bribe giver or a bribe taker. If I am clever, I will create situations where I can rationalise my acts and convince myself that I am not really corrupt.
Take the case of doctors, a widely respected group unlike politicians who are the targets of our customary collective wrath.a pharmaceutical company organises a cruise holiday for doctors as an “educational tour” and the drs say that they r not really influenced by the freebie and argue that “everyone else does it”, he “would be a fool not to”.
Corruption is not confined to politicians and bureaucrats alone. over centuries, we have lived bad still live with the hope that the strong professional ethics of the medical fraternity backed by their Hippocratic oath will minimise the baleful consequences of their subversion.
No one can dispute the fact there is some if not a lot of corruption in the purchase and procurement dept of every company in the private sector. The only thing is that the costs of private sector corruption r borne by shareholders whereas all citizens bear the costs of corruption in govt.
We hav inherited from our former colonial masters an edifice of prior approvals required from the state for too many economic activities. We r also burdened with a tradition of opaque rules with the caveat thatnothwithstanding anythingcontained in these rules,the collector/commissioner/secretary/minister an provide an approval if he Thinks it proper.”and theres the rub!Opacity and discretion!Our erstwhile rulers found it a useful tool to control us and to make sure their favourites usually British companies got the coveted approvals.it is high time we as free citizens change the system. Otherwise we will be doomed to low growth , increasing inequity that favours crony capitalists
”and our leaders who will give us a ‘stuck’ future! (P.S. We had some doubts about the constitution but we tried to convince the other member state’s government & other government agencies that it was acceptable to allow us to continue to be granted the status of ‘private owners’ without any oversight).
This was my idea to bring back the colonial order as British law dictated but the new powers are never meant to be taken away. The only way to restore order is, on balance, to restore the rule of law. If we ever become subject to the whims and impulses of the state, we will be destroyed.
I hope that we can make a political revolution that, while it may only work at some level, won’t end in a coup d’état. It would be a revolution so much better than some kind of civil war.
The question I raised to you was with a good deal of heart. For a long while we had been on very good terms with the imperialists, but on one side the colonies tried. They had kept them on their toes as far as this is concerned. We tried to keep them on the list and to protect our interests, but it never worked.
On 16 July 2013 2:17 PM, William W Jones