Corruption: Exposing the Threatening Remark to Society

Corruption is the unseen poison that damages the societies from within, which is a bad practice having a deep wounded consequences. It affects in development, gradually destroys trust, and erase the principles of justice. In this blog, we will be discussing about the corruption, its forms, consequences, and the ways of demolishing it.

Corruption can be defined as misuse of power of an individual for his/her own personal gain. A personwill do any bad deeds with the help of  his entrusted authority or position for dishonest purposes. It a wide range of activities, nepotism, fraud, embezzlement, and bribery, among others. These practices are generally the act of giving valuables for the process of an official work. It can also be embezzlement of funds or assets that have been entrusted to someone. There can be the cases of favoring of an opportunity, position or resources to someone close. Not only these but, many corruption occurs in our day to day activities which we don't remember.

As the above practices are made, it gradually have an impact on various sectors and ways. Economic consequences will be the first effect of corruption. Bribery leads to distorted market by favoring business who are willing to pay bribes, less investment, inefficient resource allocation, etc. Corruption also compound income and wealth inequality as corrupt practices make imbalance in access to education, healthcare, and required services. When there is corruption in institutes and governments offices, peoples loose their faith in the rule of law resulting in erosion of trust with the government. The reason behind in corruption growth is due to weak legal systems. Corrupted people usually get away with their accountability because of lack of enforcement and loose law. Thus, resulting in many other peoples taking part in corruption.

Guiding people to fight against corruption and punishing those who are corrupted is equally important to establish anti-corruption. The effort should be equally made by us individuals who can raise their voice and the government who won't take part in it. So, transparency in the systems and taking public officials accountable is the major step in kicking out the corruptions. Legal protections for the people who point out the corrupt peoples should be guaranteed to motivate more peoples and specially youths to speak up. Accompanied by the people, government should also enhance and strengthen anti-corruption laws and policies. E-Government and online platforms can be implied by the government. This will help in engagement of citizens in anti-corruption and reduce the happenings of any corruption in public service delivery.

In the context of Nepal, more establishment of anti-corruption bodies like (CIAA) Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority should be implemented. These bodies should be given the power to inquire or investigate corrupts, any misuse of authority committed through improper conduct or corruption by a people with public office.

Summing up the blog, daunting enemy like corruption can be only defeated if collaborative action and commitment is made. Its our responsibility to recognize the corrupted activities, its harmful effects and create a world full of integrity, justice and fairness. Thus, it helps to create a brighter future of our societies without the toxic ascendancy of corruption.