A sentiment that is common to many countries around the world is how to fight corruption? Companies are interested in fighting corruption, but none want to be the first guy sticking his head above the water. In other words, the problem is really solving the collective action puzzle – how to get everyone else on board at the same time?
Coincidentally, Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), together with the World Bank Institute and a number of other stakeholders, is organizing an Executive Development Program — Fighting Corruption through Collective Action in Today’s Competitive Market places that takes up this issue head on – how to get companies, NGOs, and government to work together to fight corruption?
Posted by Sumit dhorta (P30047)
5 comments:
I think it is institutionalized set up that promotes corruption.Till the time witness protection laws are not made stringent and whistle blowers not given adequately protection (Talk of Manjunath being gunned down or the other IIM passout killed when he wrote to none less than P.M. Vajpayee about Mafia in Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana) i dont think anyone is gonna come forward.Righteousness and Ethics are all fine but not at the cost of one's life.
Its great to see that an EDP is being organized to curb corruption and companies are also a part of it. But we must remember that companies are the greatest source of corruption. In India, there have been numerous instances where business houses have left no stone unturned to bribe policy-makers to formulate laws that would suit their interests. So the time would only tell to what extent companies learn from this kind of EDP.
SHASHVAT SINGH (30044)
there are small but important initiatives which are being adopted by some companies to fight against corruption. one such example is the INTEGRITY PACT which ONGC applies to all major procurement contracts with bidding companies since July 2005.The Integrity Pact starts when a bidder submits an "Expression of Interest" and ends after the execution of the contract after all payments have been made while independent external monitors are chosen by the Indian government to audit the bids. the pact has helped to reduce any chances of corrupt practices during procurement by the collective action of the agency and the bidders for specific contracts.
Prerana Somani(p30027)
In the case that we discussed in the UO class it was through collective action that the bureaucratic set up of VDC underwent a change. It was important to train each and every employee of the VDC so that the objective of transparency could be met and corruption be discouraged. Thus it is important to make the environment such that it accommodates the change. This environment will be created only when everyone collectively adheres to the principles of transparency and accountability as in case of VDC. Only then can corruption be weeded out of the concerned organization.
Transparency should start at the individual level at first rather than forcing on an individual which should be started from the early stages of education and from parenting rather than external forces. We find parties collecting money in the name of funds, what does that mean? But expecting a collective level action for curbing corruption would be a failure without acceptance from individuals.
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