The speech employs tools of critical discourse analysis to justify that there are many corruption cases in the courts yet there are few convictions. The speech applies the theory of Dilts logical levels (Dilts 2014) to build towards the overall purpose of calling on the audience to contribute to the solution. The success of Anticorruption agencies in winning convictions is limited despite the government zero-tolerance policies against corruption. Dilts logical levels develop throughout the speech generating the levels of argument. The speech identifies the environment by pointing to Keen Lucile and Elizabeth Knight articles that point out limited convictions of corruption cases. Howe and Haigh, 2016 attributes limited convictions to non-compliance, …show more content…
Law enforcement agencies are on the move to deal with the increasing number of corruption cases at their doors. While several companies have been reported to have engaged in corrupt deals throughout the country, few companies have been convicted. Besides, the number of corruption cases are rising daily in Australia.
According to Masters and Graycar (2016), corruption is so prevalent in the country and influences every aspect of life, right from acquiring admission, to securing licenses, to school and permits for business. With corruption taking center stage of government functioning, accused officer, and company directors found to be engaged in corruption practices across the country have not been dismissed from services.
The worrying trend is that several corruption cases are pending in the courts without trial and convictions. However, individuals convicted of corruption cases are mostly non-influential commoners and low-rung officials while a handful of senior bureaucrats, politicians, police officials and high-profile people in business have never been convicted in the country. Conviction cases are very low in the country may be due to the slow judicial system, ineffective law enforcement, and inadequate investigations. The country is yet to address the supply chain. Furthermore, shoddy investigations
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Concerning anti-corruption laws, the rising corruption cases draw critic against existing companies and legal provisions for contributing little to apply policies to stop corruption and bribery cases in the country. Similarly, fundamental flaws in the country corporate legal and laws processes are hindering regulators from prosecuting several companies concerning bribery of foreign government officials. The value of a corrupt free nation is depicted by the speaker pointing out corruption cases and advocating for integrity values within the society and the desire to see several corruption cases convicted.
The speech then leads to a climax by calling on individuals to participate in anticorruption gatherings, forums, and activities. Join anti-corruption groups, watchdogs, social networks, organizations including those on Facebook. Consequently, the speaker urges individuals to speak out against corruption in programs, forums, and
Corruption is defined as the dishonest conduct one performs for illegitimate private gain (Paskal). To determine where corruption
Corruption is a persistent problem that plagues the world and it knows no boundaries. Transparency International defines it as the “abuse of entrusted power for private gain” (2013). For the purposes of this thread, ‘corruption’ is defined as any individual, collective, or structural act or process that permits the use of public authority or position for private gain. This definition captures the broad and many ways individuals and institutions abuse power and the public trust. In regard to whistleblowing, much conflict stems from the context in which the whistleblower is viewed.
When dealing with corruption, first question to ask or to clarify is what corruption is. NSW Research (2002) describes corruption anything from gaining materialistically by virtue of position (for eg. getting a special discount at stores) to engaging in ‘direct criminal activities’ (eg. selling drugs). Newburn (1999) believes that there is a thin line between the definition of ‘corrupt’ and ‘non-corrupt’ activities as at the end, it is an ethical problem. For common people, however, bribery generalises corruption.
Politicians many times have been found guilty of corruption. They use unethical techniques to get higher positions in an election, to gain more money, votes or to lay hands on ungotten wealth. Corruption exists in the police force, in law and order and even in the management of the Olympic Games.
Many people know about or have witnessed this corruption taking place and numerous attempts to rid of it have been made. It is not an easy task attempting to bring justice to where justice should be made. There ...
The development of a country depends generally on the work and values of its society. The image of a country can be severely damaged by certain actions and behavior of their citizens, like bribery. When a country is known as a corrupt nation, not only will the facade of the country be affected, but also the economy. Establishing measures to eradicate corruption are urgently necessary. Corruption has been around since the begging of time, but currently is more common in business, more specifically, international business. Although some organizations have been formed, and conventions have been signed in order to end it, corruption is still one of the mayor problems around the world. An ethical view might bring more insight to why bribery and corruption is not a moral act and why more severe measures should be taken into consideration.
Corruption is commonly defined as “being dishonest or illegal behavior, especially by powerful people (such as government officials or police officers)” according to Merriam-Webster.com. However, although defined, corruption cannot be measured. Without measurement of this ten letter word, it becomes troubling within jurisdiction’s law abiding citizens live in. As a result, hysteria, panic and doubts arise which are only a few out many reactions the public makes. With the press only stirring greater chaos, corruption is never completely solved, which is why it must be confronted and measured before it’s too late. If not it’ll only continue to linger throughout media headlines and forums, but also the society, it conclusively affected and left a mark on for example, Pageland, SC.
Bribery poses difficulties on moral grounds because it is incompatible with the principal of human equality and the fundamental right for individuals to be treated with equal respect and concern. For an institution to adhere to this principle, they must operate with fairness and impartiality: nobody should have access to influence that is not accessible to all. Bribery operates as part of a mechanism by which influence is only available ...
A way to combat this is rewarding those who do speak up and actually punishing those who take part in corruption, this ultimately falls on the higher ranks of the department to set this
corruption and equal protection under the law for citizens regardless of wealth via legal and judicial
Some people said that corruption is rampant in all governments, So that it is not unknown to any ethnic group, region and continent. It cuts across faiths, political systems, religious Denominations and affects both young and old people. Fraud can be found in public and authoritarian rule;...
Over the last few years, the issue of corruption--the abuse of public office for private gain--has attracted renewed interest, both among academics and policymakers. There are a number of reasons why this topic has come under recent inspection. Corruption scandals have toppled governments in both major industrial countries and developing countries. In the transition countries, the shift from command economies to free market economies has created massive opportunities for the appropriation of rents, excessive profits, and has often been accompanied by a change from a well-organized system of corruption to a more chaotic and deleterious one. With the end of the cold war, donor countries have placed less emphasis on political considerations in allocating foreign aid among developing countries and have paid more attention to cases in which aid funds have been misused and have not reached the poor. And slow economic growth has persisted in many countries with malfunctioning institutions. This renewed interest has led to a new flurry of empirical research on the causes and consequences of corruption.
This essay will attempt to explore the relationship between the two from the definitions, causes, consequences and the solutions. Corruption can be defined as the abuse of public power for private gain. (World Bank, 2004) Corruption is attracting a lot of attention around the world, and is a growing international and regional concern. According to Corruption Around the world (Tanzi, 1998), in its end-of-year editorial on December 31, 1995, The Financial Times characterized 1995 as the year of corruption.
PREVIEW STATEMENT: I would like to show you today, how corruption could cripple the progress in South African societies by empowering criminal organizations and keeping the lower classes poor, and then I shall provide judicial solutions that revolve around empowering the public financially and legislatively to overthrow the tools of corruption. BODY I. First of all, one ought to recognize corruption as a real threat to political and economic structures in society in South Africa. A. “Transparency International's (TI) 2013 global Corruption Perception Index (CPI) shows that South Africa has dropped 34 places since 2001, with half the decline of 17 places occurring since 2009” (Newham, 2014). B. Corruption in forms of criminal organizations is often perceived as an illegal approach to gaining financial power which is intentionally committed to procuring services and benefits. C. The problem with South Africa is that its constitutional principles of accountability and its rule of the law are not firmly implemented, which allows the flow of illegal practices.
The first thing the youth could do to help reduce corruption is stop paying bribes and do not allow our friends and family to do so either. We need to be honest with ourselves and try to be loyal to the community we live in. morals and values are developed at home, so if we treat our home, school and environment with respect, corruption will be limited in the future generations. If the youth learns today of the immoral behavior of corruption, the next generation of police officers, government official and people in power will have the skills and values to not commit fraudulent behavior. The can be taught to observe traffic laws, not to throw garbage around, respect elders and the law of the land. Youth can arrange Awareness programs like conferences and seminars in schools to help make society conscious about their acts. (6)