This document discusses corruption, including its definition, causes, and impacts. It defines corruption as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. It identifies several causes of corruption, including weaknesses in government administration, social problems like poverty, and shortcomings in education that fail to adequately teach about corruption. The impacts discussed include harm to economic growth and foreign investment, as well as increased poverty and distortions of ethical standards in society. Potential solutions proposed include improving education about corruption, strengthening legal frameworks and penalties, fostering international cooperation, and leveraging technology.

1. Name:TRANTHUTRANG
Nationality: Vietnam
Email: thutrangtran1993@gmail.com

2. DEFINITION
Corruption = Abuse of ENTRUSTED POWER for PRIVATE
GAIN
(Transparent International -The global coalition against corruption)
https://www.transparency.org/

3. CAUSES OF CORRUPTION
Corruption is legally prohibited, but also ethically indefensible.Why does it still occur
everyday, everywhere ????WHY???

4. CAUSES
Ethics
Government administration
Social Problems
Education

5. Causes
Ethics
Greed
Money Power
Lack of morality

6. Causes
Government
administration
Weak
legislation
judicial
systems
Political
instability
Problems in
salary
paying
systems
Inefficient
and
Ineffective
regulations
“ To have a job in this company, I need to to pay 3000 USD and 4000USD for promotion . But every month, my
salary is just 200 USD. How can I take my money back. I have no choice but to receive corruption from others“
Hai Nam,Vietnamese officer

7. Causes
Poverty
Cultural environment that
approves corruption
Lack of transparency
SOCIAL
SYSTEM

8. Causes
Education
Lack of orientation to
denounce corruption
Low awareness of
corruption
“ our day-to-day life nothing moves without our giving a bribe.That’s life!We have no choice but to follow the
rules” Bao Thanh,Vietnamese governmental officer

9. IMPACTS OF CORRUPTION
Every year more than 2600 billion dollars are lost due to corruption.This equals five percent of the
world economy . If there were no such thing as “petty” corruption, would these children have a better
life ??????

10. Impacts of Corruption
Economy
Society

11. Economic Impacts
■ CORRUPTION
- Decrease economic growth
- Reduce investment, especially Foreign Direct Investment
- Lead government’s spending to wrong purposes, wrong places and less productive
activities

12. Social Impacts
■ CORRUPTION
- Cause poverty
- Reduce efficiency of aid
- Increase violent behaviors
- Distort ethical standards
They are not only short term effects but also long term influences on the mindset of the young as
well as the whole society. Gradually, society would take CORRUPTION for granted and treated as a
part of life.

13. SOLUTIONS
Fighting corruption is an extremely difficult task. It requires a change of perspective and
knowledge, and attempt find common solutions to a common problem.
It is difficult but NOTimpossible !!!

14. Solutions
EDUCATION
+ Talking about corruption at school
+ Increase public exposures to practical cases of corruption by using photos, articles, films,
videos, and campaigns of naming and sharing
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
+ Issuing more effective and serve regulations and penalties for corrupted cases or
persons
+ Provide legal protection for people who denounce corrupt behaviors

15. Solutions
INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
+ Establishing an International Network for media pressure and awareness campaigning
+ Increase the connection between International and Local anti-corruption and NGOs
TECHNOLOGY
+ Improve technology to decrease dependency on human services
+ Create transparent systems through more accountability of public records
+ Develop more tools and analyzing methods for investigation
+ Create systems to automatize processes (voting, examination…)

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