What can countries do to reduce corruption?
The best example of a country that has seriously reduced corruption is probably Singapore. In their case, they index salaries of officials to the uper end of attorneys and accountants and make it clear no income from any other source would be tolerated(other than carefully monitored investement income).That example took place in a fairly autocratic situation with an exceptionally gifted, competent autocrat. Still I would support a similar measure in the US(and a lifetime ban on lobbying or outside income for Senators and Cabinet officials). I would also move to 100% publicly funded elections with the funds distributed proportionately by Citizens' assembly. I would also use Citizens' assembly to review all laws, executive orders and judicial decisions and give Citizens' assembly the ability to discipline elected officials. I would also strengthen the formal power of the National Academy of Sciences to allow them to call witness in congressional hearings.I would also expect a mandatory psychological and physica exam of all national candidates and appointees subject to congressional approve, including a mandatory test of average alcohol consumption and test of drug use, with the results public(but no firm cutoff).Americans Want Congress Members To Pee In Cups To Prove They're Not On DrugsAmazon.com: Party Like a President: True Tales of Inebriation, Lechery, and Mischief From the Oval Office (9780761180845): Brian Abrams, John Mathias: Booksabout 2/3 of all cases of attorney malpractice involve substance abuse, mostly cocaine and alcohol. I expect corruption involves a similar pattern. Testing could also be periodic and random and extended to officers of publicly traded companies, police, uniformed Law Enforcement officers(not undercover), licensed professionals.I do not think psychological testing is good enough to spot corruption well, but we can start collecting data on various tests.Uniformed police and various bureacrats and be equipped with mandatory body cameras.In the 90’s I supported team of auditors involved in the Riscorp investigation in Florida.RISCORP: What Happened?That case involved a man worth $500 Million who was buying legislation that served no purpose except to make him richer. I developed a hard core attitude around these issues.
Are there countries which have no corruption?
Completely no corruption? Absolutely not. Corruption is often the inevitable result of large bureaucracies and immoral/unethical people working in them. Somewhere, there is at least 1 politician or bureaucrat working in goverment that doesn't have the best of intentions. This is why on the Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International, no country has a score of 100, which means 100% free of corruption. That being said, there are countries with so little corruption that it is nearly nonexistent. The Top 10 least corrupt countries are, with their score: Denmark (92)New Zealand (91)Finland (89)Sweden (87)Norway (86)Switzerland (86)Singapore (84)Netherlands (83)Luxembourg (82)Canada (81)So, as you can see, no country is super clean, but countries can come very close. Having a completely clean government would mean that no politican/government worker (or a number close to 0, maybe around 0-10) has ever taken a bribe, or that nothing (i.e. scams, secrets, etc.) is hidden in a country's intricate bureaucracy. Such a goverment, if anything, would probably be anarchic, as only the people can govern themselves with this level of transparency and morality.
How do we know if a country is deeply corrupted?
https://www.transparency.org/cou...Transparency International (TI) has published the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) since 1995, annually ranking countries "by their perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys."The CPI generally defines corruption as "the misuse of public power for private benefit".The CPI currently ranks 176 countries "on a scale from 100 (very clean) to 0 (highly corrupt)".New Zealand is the least corrupt country in the world, ranking consistently high among international financial transparency, while the most corrupt country in the world is North Korea, remaining on 8 out of 100 since 2012.
Muslims, If Allahs word was corrupt for 4000 years is Allah worthy of trust?
Scorpian, My question is not to teach you the spiritual meanings of the Bible but about the Qu'ran.. But now for tis one thing I will add... Did Jesus come only to the Jews? When Christ said I come to the lost sheep of Isreal...He meant the spiritual children...He refered to the childrens bread...did this woman receive her request? Yes then she must have receive it through faith correct? These are the children the ones he received through faith. John 3:16 ¶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. Jesus said... John 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Why is Jamaica so Corrupt?
Why is Jamaica corrupt? Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti all have very strategic positions in the middle of the caribbean sea. The problems that they have faced are related to that geographic fact. So many 'powers' have wanted to control them (within the last 500 years) either directly or indirectly. US foreign policy, Colombian cartels and even the C.I.A. (historical fact) have played significant roles in shaping our landscape. We have seen the effects. Invariably, these external powers are so much larger than our economies that their plots are difficult to resist. These plots typically fit perfectly into the external entities plan, at the expense of the locals. In Jamaica there are two primary classes of people, 1. The powerful - Those who have learned to gainfully interface themselves with those who seek to gain strategic control. Politicians, drug traffickers, pirates, business men. Even plantation owners 200 years ago fit into this scheme of things. 2. The powerless - Those who abide by the rules and live within the economic box that has been created for them...trapped within small island politics. The level of corruption is a Reflection of the disparity between these two groups. People in the 'powerless class' are realizing that they could live their entire lives and not be able to afford basic necessities that the 'powerful' can buy callously. The perfect example is the police man who realizes that it makes more sense to accept a US$50k bribe from a drug trafficker driving a mercedes. The money would be more than several YEARS worth of salary. essentially, when these two worlds collide, the money wins often enough. The CIA facilitated the importation of illegal guns to Jamaica (in some cases actually financed it indirectly) when they thought we were getting politically 'close' to cuba. What do you think the CIA's actions did to Jamaica's crime situation? Did that make a cops job easier? Ordinary cops suffered, with NO financial reward at all. Duplicate this example accross other sectors in the Jamaican economy and you should get the picture very clearly.