Corruption and Culture - Part I By Saberi Roy

Corruption is not just the abuse of power for personal gain but also personal gain at the expense of others so it has moral, ethical, social, economic, political and broader geographical impact. Although some form of corruption has always existed in human society, the practice or culture of corruption has taken up gigantic forms since the 20th century. From politics to the corporate world, from entertainment to education corruption is a disease and a vice of organizational systems. Almost like cancer, corruption begins slowly and gradually permeates to affect the whole of society. Most people in the world tend to believe that the political systems are corrupt and may as well be the root of all corruption. According to the Transparency International’s (TI) Global Corruption Barometer 2007, the poor are the most affected by corruption, bribery is a common problem in South Asia and Eastern Europe and seems to have increased in recent times, and bribery is particular common in judiciary, police and registry services. The politicians, police and judiciary are considered as the most corrupt and most people believe that government attempts to fight corruption have been ineffective. The global approach to corruption can be tackled in three ways –

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