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Fighthing Corruption in Developing Countries. The Role of Leaders
Emmanuel Reyme, Director, United States, Member
I am looking for ideas to start a study on how to "eliminate" corruption in developing countries. Actually, most developing countries depend on rich countries and international organizations to run their internal affairs. On a leadership standpoint, what could effective leaders do?
At a time rich countries start cutting their budget to overcome economic disasters, developing countries increase their expenses and their social projects. What could we do as leaders? I would like to have ideas from various sources across the world.... Register
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Eliminating Corruption
Van Hai LUU, Strategy Consultant, Viet Nam, Member I am living in a developing country where corruption is one of the biggest barriers to prosperity:
- Corruption takes away the money fr... |
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Leadership is a Must
Hossein, Malaysia, Member The main factor will be helping a group of people to move united and with a same goal.
Some people say if you want to be a good leader, th... |
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Leadership and Corruption
P.F. Brok, Management Consultant, Netherlands, Member Leaders must be absolute transparent about their drive for clean business.
Let them put a slogan on the entrance "no corruption inside" an... |
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Moral Decay a Cause for Poor Econmies
Ssamanya M.Geowillis, Manager, Uganda, Member Upbringing and moral decay has eroded the good virtues in man. Those in power do not see the need to plan for their economies. For how long sho... |
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Leadership in Developing Countries
Emmanuel Reyme, Director, United States, Member I heard you all and thank you greatly. Another aspect of the dilemma appears to be enzyme corruption. Rich countries and NGOs have their hands ... |
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Leadership in Developing Countries
Dr Fouad Saher, Consultant, Canada, Member Corruption is a metastatic cancer in many developing countries. Real democratization and rigor in judiciary reforms are necessary to beg... |
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Eleminating Corruption
Dr. Uwe Schindler, MBA, Manager, Germany, Member Industrial countries in Europe are not innocent in that case. Often it is possible to spent payments for corruption with the argument that this is ... |
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Corruption and Exploitation
catherine makumi, Consultant, Kenya, Member When leaders do not give the BOP's a chance to develop themselves. This is corruption. The motives of the leaders must be selfless, not one of ... |
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Leadership in Developing Countries
Ranjiv Kurup, Consulting - Management, India, Member Emmanuel has made two extremely outrageous generalizations of developing countries - that (a) "most developing countries depend on rich nations and in... |
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Leadership in Developing Countries
Emmanuel Reyme, Director, United States, Member In response to Mr. Kurup of India, let me say they are facts. Some advanced countries try to fix theirs problems by being very conservative in terms o... |
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Consider what is the Source of Corruption
Randall Newbun, Director, United States, Member One of the challenges of fighting corruption is to realize the source of it.
It is not abundant resources, they just feed it.
It is not pove... |
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Address the Risks of Corruption
Jim McMichael, CxO / Board, United States, Member To fix a problem, you must identify the problem, compartmentalize the problem, then promote a doable resolve. First corruption should be addressed ... |
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Eliminating Corruption
Sonny Mathew, Student (Other), United States, Member Each individual needs an internal moral compass by which you govern yourself. Personal transformation is the key.... |
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Corruption a New Paradigm Required
Neil Shannon, ICT Consultant, Australia, Member This is a most interesting discussion, however it all appears to me to be skirting around the issues. I have been stimulated by working in Tanzania (v... |
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G20 Countries
Raed Naser, Canada, Member G20 countries are one of the causes to the problem too. Pushing more and more money to improper channels in development countries (they know it... |
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Administration Corruption
Azizullah, Entrepreneur, Afghanistan, Member I am living in a middle developed country where corruption is one of the biggest barriers to prosperity.
Corruption prevents the business from be... |
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The Roots of Corruption
Carlos Mora F., Entrepreneur, Guatemala, Member I have read all opinions and living in a 3rd world country and being a Guatemalan that loves its country I would tell you all that all of you have par... |
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Corruption
Sandris, Latvia, Member It sounds strange "... developing countries increase their expenses and social projects..." seems author is totally wrong! Many developing countries w... |
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Fighting Corruption
Humberto A Capriz, Business Consultant, Canada, Member Corruption is not just a 3rd word problems, is associated with cultural factors.. Please I recommend to pay attention to the Chile case. In las... |
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Solutions to Corruption
Julio Villafuerte, Student (MBA), Peru, Member As the person from Guatemala said, many of the opinions and points of view you have explained in this forum are a part of the solutions to corruption ... |
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Corruption Permeates Social Fabric
John Muka, Consultant, Australia, Member Corruption is not natural, it is acquired over time and at some point of maturity becomes endemic in persons.
I come from a developing cou... |
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Poverty is Most Dangerous
Ashokdgaur, Member Poverty is biggest of enemy of developing countries, it is root cause of all the problems of the world. Poverty is more dangerous than terrorism |
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Corruption and Role of Leader
Madan Gopal Agarwal, Business Consultant, India, Member Ambition breeds corruption and then it spreads like cancer.
It takes firm determination and willingness to bear consequent losses to fight... |
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Leadership in Developing Countries
Ranjiv Kurup, Consulting - Management, India, Member For every dollar of international aid, only about 8% reach the targeted recipient. That is, 92% is the cost of delivery, comprosed of many part... |
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Leadership in Developing Countries
isaiah, Accountant, Kenya, Member Developing countries are developing. In all aspects, meeting basic needs for citizens: education, health, clean water, sanitation... There is lack of ... |
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Leadership in Developing Countries
Samonn, Analyst, Member Cambodia is one of the poor countries in the region as well as in the world. Corruption versus effective leadership. It's not a simple question asking... |
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Stopping Corruption in Developed Countries
Wood, CEO, South Africa, Member 1. Anti-corruption legislation must be enacted and enforced on individuals and companies from developed countries that are seeking to export or... |
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Corruption Caused by Greed
Sanyambe Obert, Student (MBA), Namibia, Member Corruption for for me is caused by those who want to take a big stake from a cake. Meaning they are greedy and would do anything to secure certain ser... |
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Corruption in Developing Countries
Jeanne Hakizamana, Student (MBA), Netherlands, Member Corruption is caused by the leadership. The employees in the lower ranking follow up on what the leaders do. In developing countries an effecti... |
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Leadership in Developing Countries
Jeffrey Tshabalala, Career Consultant, South Africa, Member Economic growth and human development in the developing countries is a leadership challenge which unfortunately does not get addressed in the design a... |
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Corruption Myths
Remme, Business Consultant, Netherlands, Member Dear Emmanuel, eliminating corruption is like eliminating evil, quite ambitious.
But there are ways to limit corruption and fight it. In order to... |
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Leadership in Developing Countries
Bantwal Prabhu, Teacher, India, Member India lacks serious leadership, talking, action, implementation in all areas of governance, education, business etc which will make an impact on devel... |
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Leadership in Developing Countries
Radek, Investor, Poland, Member More and more people in developing markets are becoming aware that corruption is a bad solution.
In Central & Eastern Europe (CEE), the number of... |
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Encourage the Citizens to Participate
hulsegge In a developing country like Argentina, faith in their governors and politicians is at a minimum due to corruption and bad management. The only way to... |
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Leadership the Pilot to Transforming Nations
adeyinka ayodeji, Student (University), United Kingdom, Member It should be noted at one point in time for all nations a decision has been made which had a positive or negative impact on the present generation and... |
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Managing Corruption in Developing Countries
Taruvinga Hamura, Student (University), Zimbabwe, Member The road map to eradicating corruption starts with educating the population what corruption is. The costs of corruption to the whole nation mus... |
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Corruption in Developing Countries
Swati Mankad, Student (Other), India, Member As long as people who have money and power, irrespective of considering the means that they have been acquired, are admired symbols of success and ach... |
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Corruption is Not Only Economic
Dilip Khanal, CEO, Nepal, Member Why does corruption occurs? Prahalad's approach is revolutionary. PR China has done many things along Prahalad's line, from product design to services... |
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Corruption in India
Bantwal Prabhu, Teacher, India, Member The quality of life (Human Development Index) is more important than GNP or GDP so far as India is concerned. The corruption directly affects the life... |
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Corruption & Leadership
Rudolph L. Boy The problem is in developing countries, corruption is a cash cow for leaders. They use the donated funds for their personal gains, corruption e... |
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Corruption in Costa Rica
Liza Fendt, Management Consultant, Costa Rica, Member In my country corruption is widespread particularly where government is inefficient. If you must wait three days for a doctor to see you, believe me y... |
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BOP Concept and Poverty Eradication
KAMAU ESTHER, Manager, Kenya, Member BOP is a wonderful idea in poverty eradication. The biggest problems with leaders in developing countries are: corruption, nepotism and unproductiv... |
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Corruption & Leadership in Developing Countries
Edward Onipede, Manager, United Kingdom, Member Sadly these two elements are intertwined.
Leaders arguably set examples and in the developing world, sadly they've been most effective onl... |
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Does Social Security Create / Support Laziness?
Ove Sahlin, Management Consultant, Sweden, Member Very interesting thread indeed!
I have an additional question, slight of topic maybe but anyway. Why is it that some people believe social wel... |
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Welfare Programs Don't Make People Lazy
hulsegge Dear Ove, it is not the welfare program that makes people lazy, it's the abuse of the welfare program by lazy people and a state that doesn't contr... |
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Corruption in and by Developed Countries
DATU ABOUZEID A. SINSUAT, Student (MBA), Philippines, Member I am convinced that corruption does not only exist in third world and developing countries but more so in developed countries. The way I see it... |
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Curruption and Politics. Sad But True ...
Ove Sahlin, Management Consultant, Sweden, Member Hi Gwen and thanks for the response. I see your point and totally agree. The thing is that here in Sweden it was made a big media bubble, papers screa... |
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Do Welfare Programs Create / Support Laziness?
Jeanne Hakizamana, Student (MBA), Netherlands, Member In The Netherlands, individuals on welfare are required to apply for jobs and in fact some are contacted to work. This pushes them to search for emplo... |
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Bottom of the Pyramid
James Antwi, HR Consultant, Swaziland, Premium Member We can possibly ensure the recognition of those at the 'bottom' if policy makers will initiate and formulate policies using |
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Regulations
susan evans, Student (MBA), Jamaica, Member Governments of developing nations need to be convinced into creating a business friendly environment and made to realize that businesses have a... |
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Attitude Towards Corruption is Different
Jagdish B Acharya, Consultant, India, Premium Member Corruption exists everywhere at different levels.
In developed countries the common man needs not be corrupt to live normal life as the |
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Developing Countries
James Antwi, HR Consultant, Swaziland, Premium Member I think it is important to recognise the various forms of investing / spending, comparing the spending in advanced countries context to that in low-in... |
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Corruption in Developing Countries
Fouad Saher, Consultant, Canada, Member The way to eradicate corruption will be long. The first thing to do is thinking how to change mentalities and modify attitudes and behaviors ab... |
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Corruption in Developing Countries
Jay Watson, CxO / Board, United States, Member I think there is one thing here that needs qualification. The definition of corruption. More to the point what is the scope of the definition o... |
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When the Leader Has no Vision, the Country Suffers
adeyinka ayodeji, Student (University), United Kingdom, Member The issue of corruption will continue to grow if the leaders that emerge are visionless leaders, who do all they can in the bid to assume office but w... |
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Time for Action...
P.F. Brok, Management Consultant, Netherlands, Member Dear colleagues in the discussion forum, is there anybody who can get this on the agenda of the UN or in national legislation proposals or ...?... |
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Corruption is NOT a Matter of Right and Wrong
Greg Flattley, Consultant, United Arab Emirates, Member 4 FACTORS are at play in corruption. They are:
1. Poor wages (incentive)
2. A lack of internal financial control procedures... |
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Why Corruption is Tolerated
Ove Sahlin, Management Consultant, Sweden, Member Greg, very good! You put the finger on the weakest part of democracy as we know it. If corruption is convenient for the "critical mass" it will be ... |
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How to Eliminate Corruption
Robert Arunga, Consultant, Kenya, Member It is easy to reduce / eliminate corruption inside a country through committed and exemplary leadership! In Kenya corrpution became a temporary... |
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Eliminating Corruption by Providing the Basic Needs
adeyinka ayodeji, Student (University), United Kingdom, Member The majority of the citizens are in need for the basics because the mentality to collect as much as possible to afford the basics is their first aim. ... |
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Corruption in India - Roots
Bantwal Prabhu, Teacher, India, Member Vote bank politics has led to corruption at Banks in India running a parallel economy affecting every moral fibre of Indian. This is leading to cancer... |
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Corruption in the Private Sector
Manuel Razo, In-house consultant, Philippines, Member Corruption also occurs in the private sector and its being initiated by 2 outside forces of the organization. These are the regulating body (th... |
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Corruption in Private Sector
adeyinka ayodeji, Student (University), United Kingdom, Member Corruption truly exist here too, but the corruption in the private sector will continue to grow if the level of corruption increases in the country am... |
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Corruption in Business
Dilip Khanal, CEO, Nepal, Member Corruption in many cases is also initiated by private business companies. A profiteering mind set of the business community and an undesirable ... |
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Corruption in NGOs
catherine makumi, Consultant, Kenya, Member Corruption has also taken root in the very organizations trying to alleviate poverty at the BOP. For example, funds set aside for work by some ... |
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Rural Development Overview by Governments
joseph kwame freitas, Ghana, Member The "bottom" are always left for the urban development after governments are voted to power. The rural development is revisited during election period... |
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New BOP Leaders are Needed
Alabamarjara Itama, Entrepreneur, Nigeria, Member A radical psychological shift in the minds of those at the top is required for this crusade to achieve the desired results. The mncs will embrace this... |
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New BOP Leaders are Needed
Bantwal Prabhu, Teacher, India, Member True: the developing countries, which suffer because of open corruption and legalized by the dirty political system need a large band of dedicated ... |
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Corruption is Everywhere
Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, Strategy Consultant, Ghana, Member Corruption is everywhere but the intensity and frequency are the variables. As long as the rich world is so so happy benefiting from cheap raw mate... |
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3 Observations on Corruption
susan evans, Student (MBA), Jamaica, Member 1. Power brings out dishonest tendencies.
2. Corruption seems to find comfort where there is a chance to use intermediaries to perf... |
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Regulation and the Corrupt
Jay Watson, CxO / Board, United States, Member All, the potential for corruption exists every time a decision is made... by anyone.
One can add layers of oversight and still find that if the t... |
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Corruption in Developing Countries Like India
Bantwal Prabhu, Teacher, India, Member Right now corruption is a burning issue and social activists led by Anna Hazare are taking active interest and force the corrupt government and... |
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Eliminating Corruption: 3-tier systems
isaiah, Accountant, Kenya, Member This can be accomplished by so called 3-tier systems:
i) The top leaderdership defines and ensures the fight against corruption is real, a... |
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Strong, Developed Middle Class
Dr. Alan Williams, Professor, Thailand, Member Sorry but I don't agree. If the top officials (company or government) are corrupt they will ensure there is nothing (models / legislation / oversight ... |
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Criteria for Selection of Leaders
Greg Flattley, Consultant, United Arab Emirates, Member Hi Emmanuel, another thought comes to mind. All leadership positions should be advertised using merit-based selection criteria and a representation... |
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Filling of Leadership Positions
Dr. Alan Williams, Professor, Thailand, Member I would agree, in principle, that there should be detailed scrutiny of candidates for leadership positions. Unfortunately (regarding corruption in pub... |
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Anti-corruption Systems
Jorge Canale, Consultant, Argentina, Member Transparency International has an anti-corruption system for developing countries which is applicable to any country, and is very effective.
You ... |
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NGOs and Corruption
Dr. Alan Williams, Professor, Thailand, Member I agree, we all talk our heads off while the world gets poorer. Did our maker (whoever / whatever that is) really intend that some people starve to de... |
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Eliminating Corruption: At Least Start Small
Dilip Khanal, CEO, Nepal, Member The basic reason for corruption is society's positive approach for it. In the past, a corrupt person used to be talked of and was seen as a undesirabl... |
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Anti-corruption Requires Lifestyle Change
isaiah, Accountant, Kenya, Member Corruption is social, political and economic. Thus to tackle it, a framework is required in which behaviour will be rehabilitated and economic resour... |
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Role of Management in Corruption
raymond bett, Student (MBA), Kenya, Member More often than not in third world countries,those holding management positions view themselves as the privileged lot.This is a view which has made ma... |
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Elimination of Corruption is Challenging
Bantwal Prabhu, Teacher, India, Member The developing countries like India are facing the serious impact of corruption in all walks of life with the poor majority in the BOP level. The qual... |
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Teach them Fishing, Do not Feed them Fish
abedmadi, Coach, Palestine, State of, Member Coach them to be honest with themselves, to invest in their resources according to the priorities of their needs, exchange experiences you have with t... |
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