Corruption and Integrity

Corruption in Different Settings

Many countries are faced with problems involving corruption and this affects the overall performance of the government which is also reflected in the economy . There are many indicators of corruption and there are also many ways to avoid corruption . Countries that have low corruption rates have similar management systems in their government styles which makes them insusceptible to corruption . On the other hand countries with high corruption rates have government management styles similar to that of other countries with low corruption rates . By this we can analyze

what the similarities and differences of countries that have high corruption rate and countries that have low corruption rate are

In the Corruption Perception Index 2007 Survey of Transparency International , the countries of Myanmar and Somalia had the lowest corruption perception index of 1 .4 which classified them as the two most corrupt countries in the world while Denmark , Finland , and New Zealand was classified as the three least corrupt countries in the world with a corruption perception index of 9 .4 . Except Singapore , the top ten least corrupt countries in the world excludes Asian countries while Asian countries proved dominant in the top ten most corrupt nations . The survey included 180 countries (Transparency International , 2007

The most common definition of corruption is that it is the abuse of public power for private benefit ' This definition is also the definition used by the world bank . This connotes that corruption cannot exist in private institutions but this should not be the case (Tanzi 1998

In one study , corruption was directly attributed to the activities of the state , particularly with monopoly and discretionary power of the state . Different aspects of governmental activities result in corruption . The existence of regulation and the need to get authority from officials implies a kind of monopoly . Officials that are given these power have a tendency to corrupt from the people by intentionally holding the release of permits , licenses , authorizations and other such documents and asking for bribes (Tanzi , 1998

In Somalia , the problem of corruption is very rampant because of the absence of any regulatory framework or auditing authorities that shall provide a clear way for the government leaders to continue pillaging from the national budget without fear of being prosecuted . In Somalia the books of government offices are never subject to any auditing resulting in questionable expenditures (Ahmed , 2006

Taking into mind extreme corruption rate , the Somalian government has not done anything to prove where large disbursements of funds go to . To add , the government has not accomplished nor even started any projects for more than two and a half years . The questions where government officials used the funds remains to be a mystery and because of the absence of a trail , it is most likely that it will not be discovered (Ahmed , 2006 . Myanmar , also plagued by corruption , is a nation ruled by a dictator . The country was named as the most corrupt nation along with Somalia despite the insistence of General...