Topic: Corruption Should Be Taught From Young Age - page 4. (Read 1758 times)

Corruption, you crafty villain, you! It's like trying to hide and avoid being found, only to end up losing the search every time. This is a major issue that needs to be addressed immediately!

It's much like a contagious virus that can infect anyone or anything it comes into contact with. The structure and funding of government, among other factors, only serve to exacerbate the situation. It's like getting further and deeper into a maze that only gets more perplexing.

Where do we find our true power? Education! We can end this epidemic if we start talking to youngsters early on about the consequences of cheating. It's like a group of superheroes came and saved us at once! Don't doubt me!

Corruption is indeed a complex problem and difficult to eliminate quickly. Moreover, if corruption is deeply rooted in the system and culture of a country, efforts to overcome corruption will be even more difficult.

Yes, I agree with you, although it is difficult, it does not mean that it is impossible to overcome deep-rooted corruption. To overcome corruption that has taken root in the system, strong commitment and efforts are needed from various parties, including the government, civil society, and the private sector to create a future that is better than before for the younger generation. I think the main thing that needs to be strengthened is the integrity and professionalism of the bureaucracy, including by improving the quality of human resources and providing incentives for good behavior. Because we have to admit that corruption occurs because the incentives are small so they commit corruption.

Efforts to tackle deep-rooted corruption do require a long time and patience, but that doesn't mean it's impossible to achieve. With continuous commitment and efforts from various parties, positive changes can be achieved and corruption can be reduced or even eliminated from a country. In order to create a better and honest generation in the future.

I got the class focused on topic "anti-corruption" when i was in the university, not every university giving this class to its students. In this class, we got intensive theory how to prevent corruption and how to influence people around us to avoid the corruption. But as you said, teaching anti-corruption to the young people not enough only in the class but also outside of the classroom.

one more factor that contributes to corruption is the less severe punishment for the corruptors. There is a legendary judge (one of the most honest and fairest judge) in my country named Artidjo Alkostar who wants to give the most severe punishment, death penalty, to the coruptors. This punishment will create a feeling of deterrence for people who did the corruption and even for those who intend to corrupt. But,, he never success to do that because of law in my country is made like "defend" the corruptors. So the corruptors will never deter for what they were done and corruption will always grow.

Reference:  https://en.tempo.co/read/1437489/artidjo-alkostar-once-explain-the-difficulties-of-sentencing-death-on-corruptors

It is very important to instill values of integrity and discipline in children from an early age, ideally within the time frame when they can still be influenced. However, external factors such as societal norms and surroundings can also impact an individual's development and character as they mature. For example, growing up in the US may provide less exposure to corruption compared to growing up in other places. Nevertheless, this does not imply that other places are corrupt countries, but rather that corruption has become ingrained in some aspects of society, necessitating vigilant monitoring and guidance for children to avoid falling prey to it.

I think this condition depends on the environment, because indeed when the environment and the people closest to them are good, no matter how bad the current morality is, which is indeed being beaten from various angles, such as social media or the influence of the internet, the person will still be good because he is surrounded by the environment and people. the good one. Vice versa, when we are good but the environment and the people around are bad enough, of course we will be carried away.
We really can't make young people as a whole good, but at least of course there are those who must be saved and the people closest to us are of course not too much of a problem for us to embrace.
At least that would be the best thing so that we reduce conditions that are already very bad to say the least.

I absolutely agree with what you said. In addition to that, it is really important to let this younger generation make their own decisions but with providing guidance. Unfortunately, the rate of morality is getting decreased due to a lot factors such as, the bad impact of social media on people specifically the younger category, they literally spread toxicity and negativity more than positivity. In fact,  most of people are following each other, they more like sheep. Also, the role of family is really necessary to guide and control this new generation. In conclusion , we should isolate ourselves and our kids from the negativity and feed our minds with knowledge, education and success. The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts , the better mental health you will build.

It is simple to say but to deal with corruption, I am pretty pessimistic and do not believe that any government or organization can completely prevent corruption. Corruption comes from the greed of each person, and you cannot control the thoughts and actions of others. Even in a family, members sometimes have different personalities and different views on life. Then finding ways for people to join hands in the fight against corruption, calling them to stop being greedy for money will never be possible.

To eradicate corruption, in my opinion, is by justifying laws that must strictly suppress and close acts of corruption, this can be done by imposing very severe sanctions such as the death penalty or exile or impoverishment, these things will help reduce crime. corruption and I really believe people will be more afraid to commit corruption, this dirty behavior is very disturbing to the economy and the implementation of development so that it causes delays or has a worse impact than that both within the scope of the family and the country.
And it is a fact that every child will emulate what his parents and the behavior of the environment have done, if the environment has been touched by corruption it is likely that it will spread more easily to small children.

The younger generation must be properly supervised and educated. One thing that must be taught is morals, morals are the basic foundation in my opinion that must be instilled in children from an early age. It will be a very valuable provision for him in the future. Because what I see now is that the younger generation doesn't have that, many of them are very far from morals. There may be several factors that cause this, and the first is the family. The family can be said to be their first environment that will influence their personality before the wider environment.

I bet no parent tells their children that corruption is good and I bet no one will kid ever read that corruption is good. The problem is that this is the nature of human, when you grow up, you start to understand and analyze thing, you understand that the world is not what you expected it to be, you'll understand that the only reason you were in center of attention was that you were a kid and you'll understand that life is very harsh if you are from poor family, you'll understand that everyone expects from you to work, get things done.
Then, you understand that money matters and it matters a lot because it can buy everything [I know you all will argue with me but you are welcome, I'll prove my words]. Then you understand that people will do everything to earn money easily. This is where you understand that if you throw away some money, you can do things easier. Now, you are welcome to the corrupt world.

Have you ever thought why we don't have anarchy? Because humans are social animals and humans will always form a bond, a collective team even in anarchy, then another group will form teams, everyone will form a team and finally we only have one winner, so, anarchy will turn into government, this is just inevitable, this example explains why corruption is inevitable.


When you are prescribed Adderall and someone comes and tells you that this is bad, it's hard to believe them, you know

Well, the reason why drug prevention programs fail is that they don't tell you the truth. In school, once in a while we had a lecture about that and you know what, all they tell you is that drug usage causes death, it kills people and that's why it is bad. Rarely but sometimes they would add that drug usage cause depression but this part was mostly ignored but death was strongly highlighted. Youth don't care about it, you have to tell them truth: Drugs don't kill that easily, especially if they are pharma grade. What they do is that they mess with your psychology, destroy your brain's reward center and you don't feel a joy in life anymore, you have zero motivation, zero reason in your head to live or do something. They don't explain these details, they never talk about dopamine and serotonin, this is the real problem.

Yes, Corruption is a deep-rooted problem that needs to be tackled at its core. It is true that prevention is better than cure. By educating and teaching young people about the effects of corruption, we can create a society that is more resistant to corruption.

It affects not only individuals but also institutions and ultimately, entire societies. Therefore, it is very important to build a culture of integrity and honesty from an early age, as this can help prevent corrupt practices in the future. I think, We here have a responsibility and work together to create a better future for the next generation.

A fish can only be only be folded or bend while it is still fresh but once dried, there's no more remedy to ameliorate anything concerning it because it's already too late, if we want a generation that is free from corruption then it all begins with the present one we are in, that we must put all hands together in fighting against it and ensuring the young ones don't have anything to do with corrupt related offenses.

yeah that's right. everything must be repaired from the root of the problem that gave rise to corrupt behavior. because at this time corruption has even been considered commonplace. when we hear of a corrupt government we even respond with less excitement.

The root of the problem of the increasingly high acts of corruption in various countries is due to the low level of honesty in these countries. The current recession of honest attitudes is increasingly concerning. even today we become more alert and find it difficult to trust those around us. because we know that even around us there are lots of lies that happen and it's rare to find honest people.

and the root cause of the declining level of honesty in people is due to the current lack of moral education in schools and also in families. even today a parent rarely teaches Morals very well to their children. the majority of education today is devoted to ways to amass the world's wealth. it's not wrong. it's just that it must be balanced with moral education. if economic education is 50% then moral education must also be 50%. but currently the moral education taught in schools is even less than 10%. so don't be surprised if today we see many people who are good at doing business. but very few who have good morals (honest, fair and trustworthy).

Corruption is one of the biggest reasons that some countries are successful and others stuck in a constant quagmire. No country is completely free of it, but all politicians and government institutions should constantly be thinking of processes that can be improved when in comes to transparency. Corruption adds so much friction to the whole economy, it makes it harder to complete business, makes honest people avoid or reduce their activity and prevents progress entirely in some situations - for the benefit of very few.

The way we combat corruption requires long term action because as what I see multiple generations have been engaged in corruption and it is sad to think that it might be inevitable to stop. It is not only the young generation that should be the focus, but it should also be a part so that we can teach them to have a sense of responsibility in the society. We should let them see the consequences of engaging in it. I agree that we should address it to all people including the major source of corruption which is the government. I am always a firm believer of being transparent in government transaction so that they can know that their every move is being watched by the public so that they end up not engaging in corruption. But, in our country, they do not really want that type of government, so it is not that surprising that corruption is still prevalent in the society.

Not entirely true, an honest person could actually change when he is sitting with a massive money and get influenced by someone who is already corrupt. In other words, when you step into a position where you can have access to the money of the people, let's say within the city, it's inevitable not to encounter things that makes you think in stealing portions of the specific budget intended for the government projects.
Have seen several people like this though, one of them is even my childhood friend.

If you want to combat corruption, you have to tackle it from every angle, not necessarily from young age while the grownups whom they look up to are still deeply corrupt.
They say children learn from their parents, corruption is a phenomenon that needs to be addressed from all angles, from the aged down to the younger ones.
In a very corrupt country the best thing to do is handling it head-on. Meaning from the government down to the masses, no exception. If the government is corrupt, the system is corrupt, the people will equally be corrupt.

The concept of "good" or "bad" is not universal. Each individual community establishes its own concepts. For example, in some tribes cannibalism is considered normal.
On the one hand, corruption is bad. On the other hand, the salary level of many civil servants allows them to survive only through corruption. Moreover, an expression of some gratitude is the norm for many.

The hereditary factor for this does exist, because it is usually always easier to attach to each offspring so that it will be more easily transmitted to the next offspring. Although such traits can be changed by the next generation, the basic upbringing of parents about honesty and dishonesty in any case is very influential. Even though every parent will educate their children to be better and will forbid each of their children to do bad things, crimes like corruption can indeed happen again to the next generation or descendants of that family.

Its not something that could really be in default but since things on what we do see on our surroundings specially if its been taught by our parents or someone who do raise us up then most likely you would really be
ending up on the same path as if you would really be thinking that it is really just that fine to do so since you've been seeing on whats happening and on what are the results but not all would really be that dumb on not to be able to differentiate on whats good and bad when it comes to things because stealing things which isnt yours is considered bad in default which means that if you are really that having that principle
on life on where you would really be sticking on being a good person then you could really be able to make choice of your own which one you would be following.