The Media and War against Corruption in Nigeria Introduction The media and society are like the two sides of a coin mutual and inseparable, each determines the other in a peculiar way. The main functions of the media in society are for surveillance, correlation, transmission of culture information dissemination, management, instruction and mobilisation (Harold Lasswell1948; Wilbur Shcraumm 1964; Elizabeth Noelle Newman 1973; Dennis McQuail 2005.This means that the media should cover and report the
Problem regarding the corruption As we know, Corruption is the important threat which leads our country to directly destroy in various mechanism systems. Corruption seemingly likes a bigger problem than we or anyone can solve it. In fact, it is just the tiny problem that occurred by a petty group of people and nobody pragmatically solving. As a result, the problem is widespread, acceptable methods and extended itself. It affects not directly within the petty group but in term of consistence and security
and fiscal costs of corruption in a country, if any? As hard as this question maybe, in order to completely understand it we first have to break it down. To understand this question, one first needs a thorough and deep understanding of what corruption is and its origins. One also has to understand what is meant by the terms economic and fiscal costs. Only after this, can one start to get a better understanding of the question. Therefore through the analysis of how corruption ties into economic and
Study of "Corruption" Corruption is a pattern of dishonest or unethical conduct by a person intrusted with a placement of authority, often to gain personal benefit. Corruption may include many activities including bribery and embezzlement, though it may also involve practices that are legal in many countries. Today, corruption is one of the greatest factors hindering development and stifling the realisation of democracy. Corruption affects the growth of a nation adversely. Corruption may occur in
Since the evolution of society and trade individuals have tried to find shortcuts and easier in some cases even immoral ways to get advantage over their competitors and rivals. To this day the practice continues and it has evolved and taken new suitable forms. The act itself includes two parties willing to go against moral norms and even legal terms in exchange for mutual benefit. Such acts have become known as bribery which is best described by Black's Law Dictionary as the offering, giving, receiving
against Corruption: Role of Youth" Corruption in developing countries like India continues to be one of the greatest factors of poverty, development and internecine conflicts. Most of the developing countries continue to grapple with the ever changing trends in global politics, economic and technological advancements having little or nothing to do due to the debilitating effects of corruption on their very existence. Corruption exists in various forms such as bribery, systemic corruption, discretion
obstacle was the prevalence of corruption. Today corruption is the most well-known challenge that countries face which threatens the development within states across
Countering corruption should be the nation’s number-one priority in view of the ever-increasing horizon of political and administrative corruption and its harmful multifarious effects on the society-at-large. It needs to be understood by all that eradication of corruption is possible if strong political commitment exists. Without this, bureaucratic reorientation and a plangent and effective civil society, checking corruption turns into a very tough almost impossible task. In the context of Bangladesh
According to Transparency International corruption is “the abuse of entrusted power for private gain.” Corruption can be taking place around us without even knowing it. In this essay I will examine the impact of a corrupt leader, the impact of corruption on ordinary citizens and ways to prevent corruption from happening. There are three types of corruption, one of them being grand. “Grand corruption consists of acts committed at a high level of government that distort policies or the central functioning
recognized to be the helper of the nation (Alemika and Chukwuma, 2000). Like other departments corruption is dominated in police department and becoming the reason of many social ills and decreasing the trust of public. One wing of police department is responsible to deal with matters concerning road traffic and there is other wing which controls crimes, maintains law and order and other such matters. The society identifies them as custodians of law and order manager. However, the earlier studies showed