Teaching Civics in English - Mutual Respect

1. WHAT IS CORRUPTION / BRIBERY?
•Bribery is the act of giving or
receiving something of value in
exchange for some kind of influence
or action in return, that the recipient
would otherwise not offer.

2. WHY DO PEOPLE ACCEPT BRIBES?
• Some of them do because every month they have the
same figure on their payslip they are not satisfied with
and simply can’t afford a new Audi.
• Some of them might enjoy it. They feel more
important and the excitement they get makes them
feel like a big-league.
• Finally, there are people who had no option, they have
lack of money using most of the wage to pay
mortgage and are thankful for a roof over their head.
Extra money are always welcome and moral principles

3. •The most exposed
professions are doctors,
judges and politicians.

4. CORRUPTION EFFECTS
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People
SocietyEconomy

5. CORRUPTION EFFECTS ON PEOPLE
• Lack of quality in services: In a system with corruption, there is no quality of
service. To demand quality one might need to pay for it.
• Lack of proper justice: Corruption in the judiciary system, leads to improper
justice. And the victims of offense might suffer. A crime may be proved as a
benefit of the doubt due to lack of evidence or even the evidence erased.
to corruption in the police system, the investigation process goes on for
decades.
• Chances of Unemployment: This we can see with an example. The private
education and training institutes are given permits to start providing
education. This permit is given based on the infrastructure and sufficient
recruitment of eligible staff. Here there are good chances of corruption. The
institute or college managements try to bribe the quality inspectors so as to
get permits. Though there is no sufficient eligible staff these institutes get
permission from the inspectors leading to unemployment. Instead of 10
faculties, a college is run by 5. So, even if well-qualified persons wish to get a
job there, they will not be offered. If there was no corruption by inspectors,

6. CORRUPTION EFFECTS ON PEOPLE
• Poor Health and hygiene: In countries with more corruption one
can notice more health problems among people. There will be no
fresh drinking water, proper roads, quality food grains supply, milk
adulteration, etc.
• Pollution: Pollution is mostly emitted in the form of water
pollution, air pollution, and land pollution. This pollution is from
vehicles and factories.
• Accidents: Sanction of driving license without proper check of
driving skills in the driver leads to accidents and death. Due to
corruption, there are countries where one can driving license
without any tests.
• Failure of genuine research: Research by individuals needs

7. CORRUPTION EFFECTS ON SOCIETY
• Disregard for officials: People start disregarding the
official involved in corruption by talking negatively
about him.
• Lack of respect for rulers: Rulers of the nation like the
president or prime ministers lose respect among the
public.
• Lack of faith and trust in the governments:
People vote to a ruler based on their faith in him/
But if found to be involved in corruption people lose
faith in them and may not vote next time.

8. CORRUPTION EFFECTS ON ECONOMY
• A decrease in foreign investment: There are many incidents wherein
foreign investments which were willing to come to developing
have gone back owing to heavy corruption in the government bodies.
• Delay in growth: Due to a desire to mint money and other unlawful
benefits, the official who needs to pass the clearances for projects or
industries delay the process. A work which can be done in a few days
may be done in a months time. This leads to delay in investments,
starting of industries and also growth.
• Lack of development: Many new industries willing to
get started in particular region change their plans if the region is
unsuitable.
• Differences in trade ratio’s: Some countries have inefficient standard
control institutes. Or in other words, these standard control institutes
are corrupt that they can approve low-quality products for sale in their

9. SITUATIONS

10. •Mrs Y meets her daughter’s
teacher to clarify her marks.
Mrs Y gives the teacher a
watch.

11. •Sasha gives her teacher
a bouquet of flowers on
her birthday.

12. •Mr Chee receives RM50
for polishing his boss’
car.

13. •Everyday, Encik Khalid
buys breakfast for his
manager.

14. •Mr Maniam ‘s personal
assistant gives him a lift
home whenever he sends
his car for servicing.