Corruption in leadership/government
What I Know, Assume, or Imagine
The issue of corruption in leadership has been rampant nowadays. Corruption is like a disease that eats the society and affects everyone in it. I think that we as followers are partly to blame for the occurrence of corruption. This is because we allow it to get to situations that benefit us. A good example is when people offer bribes to the officials of a certain big company to get employment and yet they are qualified to get it anyway but want to be sure that they will get the chance. This is common in third world countries especially in Africa where employment opportunities are very few and because of corruption, even the educated do not get the jobs that they deserve, rather, such jobs are given to the uneducated lot who offer bribes to get the job. Corruption in leadership reflects societal rot.
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Most people assume that they cannot get what they work hard to get because of corruption in leadership. The assumption is always that when a chance comes up for a job opportunity and one does not know any influential leader in that organization, then they have a lesser chance of getting the job and therefore, do the ‘normal thing’, engage in corruption to try and increase their chances of getting it. Even though this may have worked well for most people, it is a rot in the society. People should stand up for their rights and fight corruption as it is a destroyer of a nation. In most African countries, corruption is so rampant especially in the police force such that when you see a police officer approaching you, you only need to have some money in your pocket, so that you can get away with anything wrong you may have been doing (Rotberg 307). In such a society however, there is bound to be slowed progress or no progress as corruption kills the success of a
Charles Caleb Colton, a profound cleric and writer, once said “Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase.” This quote is proven to be true in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. The novel takes place on a isolated island where a group of English boys’ plane crashed, and they have to attempt to survive. They attempt to put in a government system, but everyone knows that if there is government, there will always be corruption. William Golding displays how democracy and corruption are opponents, which shows that when humans go against guidelines and order, corruption will eventually take over.
Although some characters are ultimately immune to corruption, most characters fall victim to the temptations of power, having to face the consequences later on or causing others to face the devastating consequences. Today's society is crippled with stories of corruption that demonstrate the consequences of greed. A recent example of this was in Pakistan with former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Khan has been accused of political corruption which he denied and pleaded not guilty. His corruption has been seen frequently with “Over 100 corruption cases registered against Mr Khan since he left office” (Venema & Davies).
Why do we see variation in first-term president 's corruption? Previous literature of regional comparative politics only provide limited accounts of presidential corruption. In this paper, I provide a theory that presidential term-limit matters with regard to first-term president 's corruption. I argue that when a president is elected at the first time, a president who is under single-term presidency---presidency under which a president cannot be reelected due to constitutional limit---is more likely to perpetrate corruption than under multi-term presidency---presidency under which a president can be reelected at least one more term. It is attributed to whether reelection incentive exists.
Community members should be educated about the negative effects of corruption within the police agency and that offering money to change a decision is the most common form of police corruption. Controlling corruption from the departmental level requires an organization with strong leadership. Corruption can take place at any level in the police department, from the patrol officer, to the chief of police. Controlling begins with the chief of police and his attitude. The chief has to make it clear that corruption will not be tolerated.
For example, the corrupted people can enjoy a better life but other is still get trouble on how to live a good life. The most dangerous effect of corruption is when judiciary is corrupted. Development, justice and civil society are based on law and justice, but in developing countries corrupted people uses law to justify their illegal behaviors. Otherwise, there are many cases that government officials cooperate with mafia in other developing countries.
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