There are many causes for corruption, and it can be found in politics, law enforcement and business. The practice of corruption violates human rights, causes prices to rise, and affects human health and welfare around the world.The practice of corruption is ancient, appearing throughout history.
Originally and ideally, political contributions were money given to candidates who shared similar ideals to help ensure that these candidates gain or keep political positions to help guarantee that laws are made and followed according to these similar ideals that both groups of people shared.
However, modern political contributions are used to get politicians to vote and enact laws in favor of the person or corporation giving the political contributions. In essence, political contributions are bribes.
And since most political contributions are given by corporations, most political contributions are corporate bribes to help give these companies special tax breaks, protection from lawsuits, ensure monopolies, etc. to ensure maximum profit of these corporations.
This is the main reason why politics is so corrupt throughout the world, especially in the United States.
The obvious solution is to limit how much money corporations and individuals can donate. The problem with this solution is that it is very easy for large corporations to create a plethora of smaller sub-companies that each could each give the maximum allowed amount of money as political contributions. Therefore, corporations could easily afford and circumvent political contribution limits.
The only other obvious solution is to completely prohibit corporations from giving ANY political contributions. This is basically the separation of corporations and state.
Political conditions that foster corruption include weal civil liberties , particularly the level of press freedom, the ability of individual citizens to form civil society organizations, and the level of structured political competition. They also include lack of transparency and accountability on the part of government officials especially where the ruling elite have captured the state. State capture in turn is more likely where the government has extensive involvement in the economy and regulation of public life.
It is said that corruption normally thrives in societies where religious, traditional, ethical teaching and moral standards are weak and where punishment is lenient, yet we see examples in every nation, and people who were regarded as being of the highest moral standing have been caught in the act. Some of the biggest causes of corruption are greed and the lust for power. Corruption happens at every level of society, from the richest to the poorest, and contributes to a general lack of respect for the law. Since it is so widespread, corruption is very difficult to combat. Even if particular individuals are successfully prosecuted for their crimes, others will move into their offices and take up their duties, and be just as susceptible to receiving under the table payments or turning a blind eye to those who pay.
Originally and ideally, political contributions were money given to candidates who shared similar ideals to help ensure that these candidates gain or keep political positions to help guarantee that laws are made and followed according to these similar ideals that both groups of people shared.
However, modern political contributions are used to get politicians to vote and enact laws in favor of the person or corporation giving the political contributions. In essence, political contributions are bribes.
And since most political contributions are given by corporations, most political contributions are corporate bribes to help give these companies special tax breaks, protection from lawsuits, ensure monopolies, etc. to ensure maximum profit of these corporations.
This is the main reason why politics is so corrupt throughout the world, especially in the United States.
The obvious solution is to limit how much money corporations and individuals can donate. The problem with this solution is that it is very easy for large corporations to create a plethora of smaller sub-companies that each could each give the maximum allowed amount of money as political contributions. Therefore, corporations could easily afford and circumvent political contribution limits.
The only other obvious solution is to completely prohibit corporations from giving ANY political contributions. This is basically the separation of corporations and state.
Political conditions that foster corruption include weal civil liberties , particularly the level of press freedom, the ability of individual citizens to form civil society organizations, and the level of structured political competition. They also include lack of transparency and accountability on the part of government officials especially where the ruling elite have captured the state. State capture in turn is more likely where the government has extensive involvement in the economy and regulation of public life.
It is said that corruption normally thrives in societies where religious, traditional, ethical teaching and moral standards are weak and where punishment is lenient, yet we see examples in every nation, and people who were regarded as being of the highest moral standing have been caught in the act. Some of the biggest causes of corruption are greed and the lust for power. Corruption happens at every level of society, from the richest to the poorest, and contributes to a general lack of respect for the law. Since it is so widespread, corruption is very difficult to combat. Even if particular individuals are successfully prosecuted for their crimes, others will move into their offices and take up their duties, and be just as susceptible to receiving under the table payments or turning a blind eye to those who pay.
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