Corruption in our social life

Corruption in our Social Life
Muhammad Aqib (2016-MC-223)
Danish Hamza (2016-MC-245)
Sarib Arif (2016-MC-281)

CONTENTS
 Introduction – A Basic Description
 Common Definitions of Corruption
 Talk about the Main Topic
 How do we do corruption?
 Examples of Corruption in our Social Life
 Evaluation of Corruption
 How to protect ourselves from Corruption

 Introduction – A Basic Description
Corruption in our social life is not a modern phenomenon. It acquires
great significance with respect to legal and institutional aspects. It was
prevalent in our political and civil life.
It is since independence that corruption has become a chronic feature of
our public and social life. Even before Pakistan became free, Sub-continent
was ruled by the British with the help of small but compact group of
bureaucrats. Those officers, not wholly above corruption, helped the British
to maintain law, order and administration efficiently.

 Common Definitions of Corruption
Corruption is not a clear notion so it is difficult to define. In different
perspectives, it has different meanings.
In the dictionary, this term is defined as, “The Dishonest and Fraud acts by
those who are in power, usually involving bribery.”
In Oxford dictionary, it is defined as, “Inconsistent with the system of values
adopted in society.”
If we define corruption by the reference of sociological theories and
concepts, then we can follow the “Theory of Exchange” (G.C.Homans).
It says, "People who give a lot to others, also try to receive a lot from them,
while those who receive a lot from others are forced to give them a lot.
What is given by a person involved in the process of exchange may be a cost
for him; what he receives????”

There is another theoretical perspective about corruption, i.e.
"a kind of behavior, type of institution or structure of a social system that remains in
essential, irreconcilable contradiction to the general values, unacceptable in a given
society.“
Corruption consists of diverse definitions, actions as well as social situations.
It is ,therefore, difficult to describe its origin and forms of occurrence.

 Talk about the Main Topic
Why is it so difficult to eradicate the corruption? The answer is quite simple. The
government does not lead society; it reflects the society. If the people in the
government are corrupt, it is because corruption, this way of thinking and
getting things done, is general throughout the society.
Are we not a bit corrupt?
As we observe that people including us have started treating the corruption as a
normal feature. They, no longer, show righteous indignation and violence
against these corrupt practices, fight injustice and even express or shock.
Does it mean;
All of us are a bit corrupt?

 How do we do corruption?
In many cases, the people are not
initially corrupt. The factors occur that
allow even force us to disengage our
moral reasoning and justify our bad
behavior.
There could be many types of factors
that can ,even, teach corruption to a
five years old kid.
Kids learn these behaviors by watching
their elders.

The factors could be
anything as concern and
desire to win. Setting and
achieving goals is
important but single-
minded focus on them
can blind people to their
moral concerns.

 Examples of Corruption in our Social Life
 Accepting for work in a public office someone from the family or friends, when another
unknown person was better qualified.
 Resignation by a policeman from writing out a ticket for breaking regulations, when it
turned out the driver was a teacher or a of the policeman’s child.
 A teacher declaring at a PTA meeting that children will not manage without private tutoring,
which can be provided either by him/herself or friends.

 Evaluation of Corruption in our
Social Life
The survey done by ACP (Against Corruption
Program) shows the evaluation results of the
opinions and corrupt behaviors of people in
our society.
The respondents evaluated the type of
behavior described in the coming examples
according to a scale from 1 to 5, where 1
shows that the respondent does not consider
the described example as corruption behavior
and 5 shows
that the respondent gets the given example
as a corrupted behavior.

 Evaluation of Corruption
 Accepting for work in a public office someone from the family or friends, when another
unknown person was better qualified.

 Resignation by a policeman from writing out a ticket for breaking regulations, when it turned
out the driver was a principal or teacher of a of the policeman’s child.

 A teacher declaring at a PTA meeting that children will not manage without private
tutoring, which can be provided either by him/herself or friends.

 How to protect ourselves from Corruption
How to protect ourselves from Corruption? What is the cure of this disengagement?
The key is to take full responsibility of our actions and be alert.
Here are some techniques and methods to do that;
When others try to encourage us to this corruption, we should realize that we are independent
agents and we have a responsibility to behave morally.
Ask ourselves; is this action is right and legitimate?
As it is said,
”He/She who would move the world,
Must first move him/herself.”
-SOCRATES

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