On Thu, 5/26/11, manuel tavares <duk...@bell.net> wrote:
Subject: [Goanet] : corruption is the cancer
Many remedies have been proposed to end the Cancer called Corruption, but Very
scarce or indeed non existent are the fruits of of such efforts.......
I. Nunes responds:
Mr Tavares,
You are right.
Exposure could be a start, albeit small.
At: http://www.ipaidabribe.com
It is too awful to think that we have become inured to this cancer.
Results of 2010 survey by Transparency International at:
http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2010/results
Excerpt of TI's mission pasted below
Best,
I. Nunes
Abstracted from TI
""" Why does fighting corruption matter?
Corruption hurts everyone, and it harms the poor the most. Sometimes its
devastating impact is obvious:
*A father who must do without shoes because his meagre wages are used to pay a
bribe to get his child into a supposedly free school.
*The unsuspecting sick person who buys useless counterfeit drugs, putting their
health in grave danger.
*A small shop owner whose weekly bribe to the local inspector cuts severely
into his modest earnings.
*The family trapped for generations in poverty because a corrupt and autocratic
leadership has systematically siphoned off a nation’s riches.
Other times corruption’s impact is less visible:
*The prosperous multinational corporation that secured a contract by buying an
unfair advantage in a competitive market through illegal kickbacks to corrupt
government officials, at the expense of the honest companies who didn’t.
*Post-disaster donations provided by compassionate people, directly or through
their governments, that never reach the victims, callously diverted instead
into the bank accounts of criminals.
*The faulty buildings, built to lower safety standards because a bribe passed
under the table in the construction process that collapse in an earthquake or
hurricane.
Corruption has dire global consequences, trapping millions in poverty and
misery and breeding social, economic and political unrest.
Corruption is both a cause of poverty, and a barrier to overcoming it. It is
one of the most serious obstacles to reducing poverty.
Corruption denies poor people the basic means of survival, forcing them to
spend more of their income on bribes. Human rights are denied where corruption
is rife, because a fair trial comes with a hefty price tag where courts are
corrupted.
Corruption undermines democracy and the rule of law.
Corruption distorts national and international trade.
Corruption jeopardises sound governance and ethics in the private sector.
Corruption threatens domestic and international security and the sustainability
of natural resources.
Those with less power are particularly disadvantaged in corrupt systems, which
typically reinforce gender discrimination.
Corruption compounds political exclusion: if votes can be bought, there is
little incentive to change the system that sustains poverty.
The conclusion - Corruption hurts everyone. """
