I have been thinking on corruption and bribe for many days now. I have discussed with some about who is responsible for corruption. These are my views on bribery and corruption.
There are 2 types of bribe offered-
1. Bribe paid to an official not to perform his/her duty.
2. Bribe paid to an official to perform his/her duty.
In the first case I feel the person giving the bribe is at fault and should be punished. This is known as reverse control. This is ther law in Israel.
In the second situation the person taking the bribe is at fault and hence should be punished. In other words in some situations the giver should be held responsible and in some situations the receiver should be held responsible and punished.
For example; If 'A' is not having a driving licence and is caught by the cop. Here the cop's duty is to fine him for the illegal act. In this scenario if A pays the bribe and gets away by not paying the fine then A should be punished rather than the cop. Here A is not allowing the cop to perform his/her duty. Therefore 'A' is at fault and should be punished.
Consider another situation where 'A' seeks permission for legal water connection. However he is asked to pay a bribe to get the work done which is the work of the officer incharge. In this case, the officer is at fault and must be punished. This is a case where bribe is demanded to perform the duty.
1 comment:
People bribe and they take bribes too sir. But we can't make this punish-the-person-at-fault thing work.
We can only dream of a place where people don't take bribes or bribe others. Bribery started long back and it has grown at an alarming rate. What depresses me is that we can't put a stop to bribery.
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