Introduction The idea that some businesses conduct themselves in a corrupt manner and still operate today is mind boggling. These businesses are not the only ones operating in a corrupt manner, there are countries turning a blind eye to the corruption and even have corruption within their government. Make no mistake about it, there is not a country in the world that does not have any form of corruption, or political agendas that bring corruption. Just the past year in the United States, there has been so much political corruption between the presidential candidates that CNN politics (2016) reported 44.6 percent of all registered voters did not go to the polls. These results clearly show other countries, there is politic corruption in the …show more content…
Since 1996, when Worldbank.org started recording statistical data on various countries, Thailand continues to decline in political stability, and reaching their lowest level in 2009 with a rating of nine (Group, 2016). This rating is partly due to the clashes occurring in the streets of Bangkok between anti-government protestors and government troops (CNN, 2010). Since then, the political levels continue to improve despite a major political corruption case involving Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who is being charged for improper rice subside, leading to Thailand losing $8 billion dollars in an already weak economy (Young, 2014). While these types of corruption haunt the citizens of Thailand, they do not impose a threat to starting a business in Thailand, as their business rules are clear and any business who operates using the UK Bribery Act of 2011 will eliminate themselves from corruption (Trade, …show more content…
Additionally, Thailand police departments continue to receive the worse rating in regards to corruption as they continue to put public safety in jeopardy all for a bribe (GAN INTEGRITY INC., 2016). Moreover, corruption in Thailand will not be controlled or eliminated until there is changes to the penal code to not only make it illegal to receive facilitation payments, but enforce them and prosecute those in violation. While this all may sound alarming, when you consider Thailand is currently Trading Economics (n.d.) ranks 76 out of 175 in regards to corruption. However, they remain in the top 50 percent of all the countries with the least amount of corruption, and 60 countries below the United
they do business is essentially corrupt. This kind of entrepreneur gets government aid and usually wastes the money. Also, their products are generally of poor quality. This is due to them not being concerned with
In my opinion, corruption cannot be stopped but it can be reduced with the willingness of the people, as I mentioned above there could be plenty of recommendations but it’s all up to that person to put the effort. I think corruption is a choice; we all have voices and rights and if we chose to do unlawful things there is no one to blame but ourselves. However, there is corruption in every field of job out there. Corruption has been around for years and years and it will continue to be there in the future, it’s something that no one can eradicate. All countries around the world are facing corruption even the most powerful developed countries.
Drucker (2009), mentions that “business ethics” very origin is political rather than in ethics (p. 23). “It expresses a belief that the responsibility which business and the business executive have, precisely because they have social impact, must determine ethics-and this is a political rather than an ethical imperative” (Drucker, p.23). Lastly, we can mention the unethical practices like bribery, hiring minors or taking advantage of the less fortunate. Corruption is prominent in the Asian market due to a lot of family-owned business groups. Corruption is generally defined as ‘behavior which deviates from the formal duties of a public role because private-regarding (private clique, or personal close family) pecuniary or status gains; or violates rules against the exercise of certain types of private- regarding influence’ (Nye 1967, p. 419). (Rama, 2011 p.505) (Nye, 1967, p. 419; Rama, 2011, p. 505). These family group organizations could influence the government decisions and the economy by not allowing or delaying approval of a contract or business license. Good
Are businesses in corporate America making it harder for the American public to trust them with all the recent scandals going on? Corruptions are everywhere and especially in businesses, but are these legal or are they ethical problems corporate America has? Bruce Frohnen, Leo Clarke, and Jeffrey L. Seglin believe it may just be a little bit of both. Frohnen and Clarke represent their belief that the scandals in corporate America are ethical problems. On the other hand, Jeffrey L. Seglin argues that the problems in American businesses are a combination of ethical and legal problems. The ideas of ethical problems in corporate America are illustrated differently in both Frohnen and Clarke’s essay and Seglin’s essay.
Death and decay often convey corruption within a story. The use of this particular imagery allows one to make a connection between the natural world and the nature of people. Throughout Hamlet, a play, set in Denmark, which was written in the early seventeenth century by William Shakespeare, there are several instances where one sees decay depicting corruption. Though this play is filled with massive images of decaying nature, it is also filled with images of nature in its beautiful state. Because Hamlet portrays decaying and developing nature, it shows one that it is possible to maintain a sense of self in a world that strives on corruption.
In today’s light, the Progressive Era is seen as a time period where people’s lives changed for the better, but none of that change would have been possible without muckrakers exposing the numerous problems that lied hidden from the American public. With the corruption of government officials, dangerous and unhealthy working conditions for young children, and poverty-ridden slums in cities, this article aims to expose three of the most prominent problems of the Progressive Era.
Even though monopolies are illegal, public corruption allows companies to form and continues to be a problem today. In an article published by the Los Angeles, Anh Do
In many ways, business is far more perfect than our society in the level of accountability it demands from its participants. If a business does not perform or earn money, it will eventually cease to exist. But because it seems so antithetical to the emotions and beliefs of many, it will forever be
The level of corruption in the Dominican Republic is relatively high. The Dominican Republic implements laws, regulations, and criminal penalties in order to dilute corruption. The laws are poorly enforced, as security forces, governments, private sectors, and government officials frequently engage in corrupt practices (DoS,
The runaway corruption in the country harms the business environment and causes collapse of various established institutions and industries.
The term “ethical business” is seen, by many people, as an oxymoron. This is because a business’s main objective is to make as much money as possible. Making the most money possible, however, can often lead to unethical actions. Companies like Enron, WorldCom, and Satyam have been the posterchildren for how corporations’ greed lead to unethical practices. In recent times however, companies have been accused of being unethical based on, not how they manage their finances, but on how they treat the society that they operate in. People have started to realize that the damage companies have been doing to the world around them is more impactful and far worse than any financial fraud that these companies might be engaging in. Events like the BP oil
...mployment are still on the rise. The top twenty percent of the total population rules over sixty-nine percent of the country’s wealth. The lowest twenty percent of the population only controls just one percent of the nation’s wealth. The bottom twenty’s average income per month consists of just approximately 1,440 baht, which is equivalent to about forty-five U.S. dollars. Labor jobs are very low in payment generally. That is why you see Japanese car-producing companies transferring manufacturing operations to Thailand. That allows their profits to increase exponentially, that is because wages for jobs of labor are very poor in Thailand. All of this has led to rioting by the lower class. Riots have taken place outside of government buildings; these riots have led to harsh responses by the military. Just in 2014, twenty citizens and 5 military men have died in riots.
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;...
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