Briefly skimming through the website of Sida (Sweidsh International Development Cooperation Agency), I mostly noticed
what is written about their policy against corruption.
Expecting some genius method to prevent or
detect corruption, I was quite struck by the simplicity of their measures.
Basically, their policy seems to involve nothing more than firm non-acceptance. Or, as they put it:
Always prevent
Never accept
Always inform
Always act
This got me thinking: maybe that is the
most sensible way of dealing with corruption? Maybe an absolute policy of
non-tolerance for such fraud is effective enough?
I have not given the issue of corruption
much thought, so I have no musings to share, but this idea grabbed my
attention. From the top of my head, I would link corruption with personal gain
– unfair personal gain – which is
something I strongly believe is the purpose behind far too many actions of far
too many people, influential or not. As such, I think corruption is yet another
of those bad bad things that need to be prevented; another one added to the
list that seems to never end…
(I have to end this post here, because we
are suffering an awful heat wave here, so I cannot think straight, even less
write anything sensible…)
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