Corruption is a crucial problem which every economy faces and the attention it receives is also growing steadily. One of the ways to tackle this problem is Collective Action. It includes multiple stakeholders like private companies, Government and the civil society. If we do create incentives for companies to be more transparent and ethical, then it may be a good starting point to tackle corruption. If we think about engaging civil society and public sector in anti-corruption actions, the web becomes more complex. But it doesn't mean it's impossible. Free riders' problem must also be tackled.
Manikandan Sanjive (30037)
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I believe corruption can never be controlled by collective action of the sort propagated in this post. We should understand first why corruption exists in spite of having stringent laws? It is a gateway to easy money which you don't deserve ethically. Also marginal utility of money is never negative so whatever incentive is provided for being non-corrupt would prove futile for those who have tendency to get corrupt.
Corruption can only be controlled if people have high moral values.
SHASHVAT SINGH (30044)
Corruption is not only a national but also a cross-border issue. Countering corruption therefore needs, cooperation between governments, agencies and international corporations. The most important step in this has been the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). Thus far, while 19 Asia-Pacific countries have signed the treaty, only 10 have ratified or acceded to it. To help developing nations recover assets stolen by corrupt leaders, UNDOC and the World Bank in 2007 in co-operation launched the Stolen Asset Recovery (STAR) initiative. I believe this is ample evidence to prove that collective action is a necessary tool to tackle corruption.
and how does free riding amount to corruption ?
Not doing your duty in the manner expected,in my opinion, is not same as breaking the law or deploying unethical means .
Just a word on Freeriding..
I think it is more to do with the clash of expectations of some than apathy of the tardy few.Conflictual situation arises if one is not worried about the grades and the other will not settle for anything less than B+(atleast) . It is this sense of unfair deal which leads to frustration and hence the term..
"The things that are wrong with the country today are the sum total
of all the things that are wrong with us as individuals."
-- Charles W. Tobey
So we should have high moral value as Shaswat said first within our self before talking about removing corruption through collective action. Yes collective action can play a role in eradicating corruption because an individual cant do anything alone.So there is a need of collective action but only after we all have high moral value within ourself.
@ ahmed: i was referring free riders in the context of organisations joining hands to fight corruption and you can see clearly how a free rider can benefit in that context...
The Indian experience to fight corruption has received a shot in the arm by the RTI act. Though many offices complain of the flurry of RTI requests, the rule will in the long run be instrumental in cleaning the public offices to a great extent. the rule has armed the citizens to challenge corruption practices in our country. It was an out come of collective actions in various parts of the country.
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