Administrative corruption
Corruption concept
In the language, it is deterioration, spoilage, deviation of something from moderation, and its opposite is reformation.
Administrative corruption means that state employees exploit their workplaces and powers to obtain illegitimate gain, benefits, or personal ends that cannot be achieved by legitimate means.
It is an informal behavior imposed by certain circumstances and required by the social and economic transformation that societies are exposed to from time to time.
It is the misuse of power in order to obtain a private gain that is achieved when an official employee accepts, requests, begs, or extorts a bribe.
They are using public money to obtain profits or private benefits.
Patterns of administrative corruption
Accidental or petty corruption: It expresses personal behavior such as embezzlement, nepotism, and possession.
Systematic or organized corruption: It expresses the existence of a network that manages corruption, such as the head of the department and a group of employees.
Systemic corruption: expresses the general looting of money and property through bogus deals, commissions, collusion, and the granting of special privileges.
Administrative corruption analysis
The first direction: focuses on the general function and specific rules.
The second trend focuses on introducing the economic conditions of the state to the public service.
The third trend focuses on the public interest in exercising official authority.
The fourth trend focuses on ethical behavior.
manifestations of corruption
Organizational Corruption:
Lack of respect for working time.
The employee's failure to perform the required work.
laxity
Failure to comply with the orders and instructions of the superiors.
regression;
Negativity and isolationism.
Not taking responsibility.
Disclosure of business secrets.
Behavioral aberrations:
Failure to maintain the dignity of the job.
The employee combines the job with other work.
Abuse of power.
Favoritism and mediation.
Financial anomalies:
Violation of the financial rules and provisions stipulated in the law.
Violation of the rules and provisions within the department.
Violation of the instructions of the financial control authorities.
The imposition of adversity.
Extravagance or waste of public money.
Criminal deviations:
bribery.
embezzlement of public money.
counterfeiting...
The meaning of corruption
Ethical Perspective: It means that corruption is an immoral phenomenon and a departure from the ethical and behavioral norms and traditions in society. In this sense, every deviant behavior represents a departure from the existing rules to achieve a private interest. There are two phenomena: individual (special) and clear (general). This perspective is based on a functional upbringing.
Job Perspective: It means using the job through official and legal channels at the expense of others.
The negative effects of corruption
Corruption undermines the credibility and confidence of the public with the government department and causes public discontent and dissatisfaction.
Corruption leads to the enrichment of the few at the expense of the many and creates distinction, class, and inequality.
Corruption replaces general rules and ethical practices.
Corruption leads to the emergence of elite status (the emergence of a baseless group).
Causes of corruption
The nature of the government department (finance, leadership, management, executive work, governing rules).
Poverty and low wages (amount of wages, inflation, salary level, weak systems, control and accountability, limited powers, method of choice (technical, social, and political).
Cultural factors (values, habits, environment).
Organizational factors (centralization of decision-making, slow management process, weak control, and accountability systems)
Ways to fight corruption
Strengthening accountability and transparency systems within government departments.
Strengthening the role of maintainers of the integrity of the implementation of development programs.
The department adopted what is known as the “ethical charter”.
Emphasizing the basic principle that it is difficult for corruption to spread in the presence of it.
integrity.
Democratic internal governance and its general principles
It is the process of using authority and power to make crucial and strategic decisions and follow up their implementation within the department.
Judgment is based on leadership, values, and talent.
It achieves participation in decision-making and policy-making for work.
It achieves a greater area of transparency in dealing. It lays down integrated foundations to achieve full accountability on a regular basis.
It provides the opportunity for freedom of opinion and the formation of different points of view.
The dominant pattern within the circle is competition without violence.
Roles and Responsibilities of Democratic Internal Governance
protect the public interest.
Ensure compliance with laws.
Ensuring compliance with the constitution.
Ensuring public and private service.
Preserve the department and its interests.
Maintaining the reputation of the department and the continuity of its work.
Appointment and evaluation of the work of senior management positions.
Review and monitor the performance of the administration.
Reviewing and approving plans and policies.
Reporting to higher authorities and the main audience.
Components of internal governance
Law (submission, respect, practices, reliance, and basis, language, rights).
Accountability (disclosure, follow-up, evaluation, punishment).
Transparency (free discussion, exchange of opinion, objectivity).
Empowerment (expansion, development, liberation, decision formulation).
Efficient public administration (efficiency, effectiveness, proportionality, discipline, openness, desire, commitment).
The parties to the partnership in the internal governance of society
The state.
Civil society.
private sector.
Principles of Democratic Governance in Public Circles
Clarity of purpose: It means that the department has a clear vision, mission, and goals. And that there is complete faith in that and there is consensus in that.
Accountability: This means the department's commitment to providing an account of the nature of its practices and the duties entrusted to it in order to raise efficiency and effectiveness.
Transparency: means the disclosure of facts and free public discussion of those facts in a detailed and constructive manner.
The difference between accountability and accountability
The use of the concept of accountability for a long time in the context of talking about financial and commercial accounting and looking at the term accountability and its derivatives clearly highlights this characteristic, the verb (computer) means to provide a statement or account, and from it came the title (accountant), which means the one in charge of organizing financial accounts. Therefore, for many years, the word accountability was used in the context of financial accountability, which explains the importance of this aspect of accountability so far.
Accountability basically means providing a justification or evaluation for an act
In particular, this explanation or justification is not required to be financial... Aspects of accountability have evolved into the social, ethical, economic, political, and environmental aspects besides the financial aspect.
Censorship success
Defining exactly what we want to control.
Choose a control unit.
Setting standards.
Create a reporting system.
Comparing the control units with the standards.
Choosing a control process.