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Anti Corruption

Corruption is found in the government when instead of thinking about the interests of the citizens as a
whole, the members of the government are chiefly interested in promoting their own selfish interests.
Corruption is found in both public and private organizations and everyone starting from the clerk to
the Managing Director of a company is corrupt in a way or the other. The clerk takes small bribes
from the people who visit the office so that their work is finished early than the others who are waiting
in a queue. In India, bribes are also accepted in a few temples where devotees offering bribes are
given priority over others to visit the temple. Parents offer bribes in schools and colleges to get their
child admitted. There is no institution, no organization which is not corrupt in a way or the other.

Thomas Hobbes, the great political philosopher, once said, “A man's conscience and his judgment is
the same thing; and as the judgment, so also the conscience, may be erroneous.” This idea that
individuals cannot always rely on a working inner moral compass alone to guide them to virtue is at
the heart of the next motivating factor for participating in corrupt behavior. But the question that arises
is that can an anti-corruption movement be started and if yes, shall it be successful. The answer
depends largely on the adaptation of anti-corruption measures by both the government and the
citizens.

People should be allowed to re-elect the candidate they voted for if he fails to fulfill the promises that
he made while contesting the elections. People are of the opinion that corruption is a way of life and
nothing can be done to eradicate it. It is essential to understand that unless we as the citizens are not
determined to do away with corruption from the roots, how we can expect the government to be
corruption- free. Corruption is not a new phenomenon in India. It has been prevalent in society since
ancient times. History reveals that it was present even in the Mauryan period. Great scholar Kautilya
mentions the pressure of forty types of corruption in his contemporary society. It was practised even
in Mughal and Sultanate period.

Nobody can be considered free from corruption from a high ranking officer. To root out the evil of
corruption from society, we need to make a comprehensive code of conduct for politicians,
legislatures, bureaucrats, and such code should be strictly enforced. Judiciary should be given more
independence and initiatives on issues related to corruption. Special courts should be set-up to take
up such issues and speedy trial is to be promoted. Law and order machinery should be allowed to
work without political interference. NGOs and media should come forward to create awareness
against corruption in society and educate people to combat this evil. Only then we would be able to
save our system from being collapsed. Development of the country is hindered by immoral acts of
political leaders and their indulgence to the corrupt party members. They are plundering the national
assets. We all have our contribution to the creation of this prevailing situation which is now making us
suffer. Dishonest persons came to power through our support and our vote. We failed to support and
vote honest persons in the political process.

Now-a-days corruption can be seen everywhere. It is like cancer in public life, which has not become
so rampant and perpetuated overnight, but in course of time. A country where leaders like Mahatma
Gandhi, Sardar Patel, Lai Bahadur Shastri and Kamraj have taken birth and led a value-based is now
facing the problem of corruption. When we talk of corruption in public life, it covers corruption in
politics, state governments, central governments, "business, industry and so on. Public dealing
counters in most all government offices are the places where corruption most evident. If anybody
does not pay for the work it is sure work won't be done. People have grown insatiable appetite for
money in them and they can go to any extent to get money.

Undoubtedly they talk of morality and the importance of value-based life but that is for outer show.
Their inner voice is something else. It is always crying for money. It has been seen the officers who
are deputed to look into the matters of corruption turn out to be corrupt. Our leaders too are not less
corrupt. Thus the network of corruption goes on as usual and remains undeterred. Corruption is seen
even in the recruitment department where appointments are ensured through reliable middle
agencies. Nexus between politicians and bureaucrats works in a very sophisticated manner. Nexus
does also exist between criminals and police. Everybody knows that criminals have no morals, hence
nothing good can we expect from them. But police are supposed to be the symbol of law and order
and discipline. Even they are indulged in corruption.

This is more so because they enjoy unlimited powers and there is no action against them even on
complaints and sufficient proof of abuse of office atrocities and high handedness. Corruption can be
need-based or greed-based. Better governance can at least help to check need-based corruption.
Better governance can check greed based corruption also because punishment for the corrupt will be
very effective and prompt in a better-governed country. The steps should be taken to correct the
situation overall. Declarations of property and assets of the government employees are made
compulsory and routine and surprise inspections and raids be conducted at certain intervals. Though
it seerris very difficult to control corruption but it is not impossible. It is not only the responsibility of the
government but ours too. We can eliminate corruption if there will be joint effort. We must have some
high principles to follow so that we may be models for the coming generation. Let us take a view to
create an atmosphere free from corruption. That will be our highest achievement as human beings.
Problems in governance occur when a government is not only corrupt, but also when it is inefficient,
unresponsive, or secretive. Essentially, when a government is ineffectual, it is considered to be
corrupt. As this unit explained, corruption is fundamentally caused by low wages, poor incentive
structures and inefficient systems. In addition, it is also caused by the desire for an unfair advantage,
and the knowledge that one will not be caught or punished for corrupt behavior. Corruption is not just
about ethics. It is also about how the government is set up and managed. Parliament and
parliamentarians improve the way government works so that corrupt behavior is punishable and
opportunities for corruption are limited through the laws. In order to fully rectify corruption in a society,
it must first be thoroughly diagnosed. Unit three shows methods for diagnosing, measuring, and
interpreting data on corruption. As the units thereafter will explain, this step will help to make focused
and measurable changes and improvements to corruption when those mechanisms are enacted.

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