Topic: Corruption Should Be Taught From Young Age - page 8. (Read 1706 times)

I would agree that it should be taught from at least an earlier age than what was normally going around in our education system. However, Corruption is a school of thought that is connected to so many concepts, teaching it to a developing child would prove ineffective unless you teach them all the other things necessary to understand how it works, and even then information overload is imminent. Suffice to say, teaching corruption or at least the basic concept of it that would not pass through the student's head is needed, moreso how important it is that they recognize that this is a bad behavior.

How do you teach young students about corruption, in fact, Corruption is rampant in the international student sector at top universities., I believe in your desire to teach young students to recognize that corruption is bad for the country's economy and the world, I think many people have done that right.

Example:
Corruption in education in Belarus

However, it really didn't work, was caused by many factors, someone who had finished education and became a high-ranking official or state official and their method of life was also very much different, the knowledge they learn about the corruption curriculum is really not actually used when they serve as state officials.

I believe 100%, a person can avoid corruption when they become high-ranking state officials, it is very influential on the education of their parents since they were small, Many children in school, the lessons taught by lecturers are not attached to the child's brain, many researchers say so, but 80% of the actions, behavior and upbringing of parents can be embedded in the child's brain until they are old, For this reason, the influence of corruption can be overcome, the government must provide real understanding for parents in teaching their children at home the negative and bad effects of corruption.

Yes I understand that the countries that have less development are classified to be corrupt but why I say I didn't understand factors op listed means corrupt is no explanation to them. I know that country that don't give freedom to press means the people won't be aware of the running of government  and some more factors listed on it were not explained.

Even if my country has a Corruption Eradication Commission "KPK" but corruption is still happening until now. The problem is that this has happened in a structured way and would be very difficult to get rid of. The government teaches people to commit corruption at various levels from the top to the bottom. I mean, it happens all the time and is known to a lot of people.

I speak based on facts, corruption is very difficult to get rid of because it is ingrained in the government. If I received a $100 grant from the central government, I would probably only receive $30 or $50 into my account after going through various withholding processes. It's not funny, but it's the truth.

When you don't have the fear of  God and your are also not contented with what you have,the implication is corruption. To teach kids about corruption is by you giving them the best morals. Let them know that they shouldn't take what is not thiers and also not to tell lies. A liar must be corrupt,live a life of good example to them at home so that they can copy from you because children learn best by doing what they see their parents doing first. Give them some money to hold for you while they are young, after some weeks,you ask them about the money,you do that weekly just to ensure that they can keep peoples funds safe so that when they are grown up, they will be used to keeping any funds entrusted to them that is not theirs.  Lastly teach them to be satisfied with what they have and not to always want what they can not afford. Corruption is eating us up because we think more of our selfish desires than people around us.

If I can give some of my daily upkeep money to someone in need and just eat alone for the day,then I will make that person not to get involved in a corrupt act just to get money which I gave to him. Let's also teach them how to share what they have with other people that don't have. All these will lead our kids away from corruption.

The problem in most cases are "greed" and the negative perception of people in the private sector, towards government officials. A lot of people in the private sector believe that people in the government should receive small salaries for the work they do. They cannot see that "Service" and "production" for profit are two different things.

You cannot pay a government employee a piss poor salary and then put them into a scenario where they have to make decisions about tenders worth millions of dollars and then expect them not to accept bribes from these private companies. (It takes two to Tango)

Pay them a decent salary for their contribution and service and you will see less corruption. (Note : I am saying less... not No corruption)

                                        Teach the kids not to be greedy and to accept what they have in life.

Everything will depend on how a person can be honest with himself and if they have been taught since they were children and continue to strive to be honest people until they grow up, they will not commit corruption even if people force them. But unfortunately, as we grow up, we associate with many people, especially when we work in government agencies where we know that a lot of money is circulating around us. This gives a temptation for us to try to feel corruption and once we try it, we can do it and we will get used to doing corruption.

But if we can control ourselves and never try to corrupt and be honest, we will never try to corrupt even for small things.

economic destruction and the destruction of a country so that the state cannot prosper its citizens, one of which can be very disturbing is "Corruption".
if all sectors that are directly related to the public, have been tainted with acts of "corruption" it can be ascertained slowly but surely the country will experience destruction and debt that cannot be paid, of course what is feared is inflation and the economic crisis. so that everything related to the main needs increased sharply and the people could not afford it. hunger and even violence will be rampant just to just be able to defend themselves from not starving.

In some countries, acts of corruption can be eradicated properly because indeed those who are corrupt can be dealt with very measurably and make a deterrent not to do it again. but there are some countries that are inefficient because they only imprison and do not confiscate their assets and the punishment is very light, so that there is no deterrent effect for themselves and for others.

In fact, if you really want corruption to be eradicated, it is clear that there are several ways;
- Doing prevention is the most effective action, so it does not provide an opportunity to be able to commit corruption with rules that are measurable.
- teach to an early age (young age) about the dangers of corruption because at a young age it is hoped that it will make an impression and be able to give birth to people who are afraid of acts of corruption.

So I strongly agree that at a young age if we continue to be taught and instilled about the dangers of "Corruption" it is certain that later leaders will be born who when leading in every public sector will not do that.
even so there are always very strict rules with penalties that make a deterrent when committing "Corruption:.

This is a bright thing to point out and of course I couldn't agree more.  The thing that I feel so many don't really understand is how important it is to train the mind when it is young.  Just look at all of the problems in the world, and a massive part of that is due to parents not teaching us the proper things when we are young.  It's very hard for someone to break out of this, if they aren't taught early on and have to learn things for themselves.

Corruption can be combated by teaching kids and having them strong moral responsibility.  Since greed and other corrupt attributes are heavily embedded in human nature, I think the best way to combat this is by training, teaching, and manipulating kids' beliefs like brainwashing them into some kind of righteous propaganda.  Without a strong process of discipline, I do not think humankind can get rid of corruption.

Honestly, rallies will never get rid of corruption, exposing corruption will only solve the problem temporarily if the exposure successfully removed the perpetrator.  I believe there is no other way but to implement massive propaganda of brainwashing young kids against corruption and inculcate hate for it(corruption).

The term on the title somehow conveys a negative idea, IMHO.  it is like teaching kids to be corrupt...



I think this depends on the manner in which the subject matter is tackled.  If a kid is exposed to murder with the intent of teaching them to murder people then murder is prone to be repeated.  But if the kid is exposed to the same subject but was guided to despise and counter it, then the possibility of the same thing repeating is nullified because the subject matter is tackled to be avoided or prevented.

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Of course you have to adjust knowledge to the age of learners, that should be obvious. We don't show children pictures of decomposing bodies because it's going to shock them and make them wake up screaming, but that doesn't mean that we should never teach about these aspects of life.
I don't think that teaching about corruption in general will make children crave it, just like news about war don't make them want to go to one. Some stories are meant to serve as warnings and corruption and mistakes made by people throughout history should be taught so that they aren't repeated by future generations.

I respect your opinion and i can agree on some point of your inference. I'm not saying we shouldn't mentioned about bad things. If we are going to raise good, responsible, kindhearted, visionary generation we should show them right behaviours. When their character built on good things then we should show them real world. If you show them real world in early age withouth good character it won't be efficient.  I responded it in this way because subject was releated with young age. Yes they have to teach younger but first they have to prepare the kids mentally. If they teach them only good things the kids would be fragile; if they teach them only corruption and war they would have some psychological problems and they will be part of problem.

Does that mean that in your view learning about something makes you more prone to repeating it? Learning about war makes you want to wage war, learning about murderers makes you want to murder, and so on, is that right?

In fact it's the other way round. Learning about problems makes you aware of their existence and effects, especially those long term ones that aren't easy to see until they hit you with brute force.


Poor countries with limited access to basic needs and freedoms are usually more corrupt.
For instance, without free press you get limited reports of corruption. The officials can stop news from spreading without effort and when the public isn't informed it won't rebel.

I don't understand how these contribute to corruption. It is not very clear to me if you can explain.

Corruption is a big problem that is affecting the economy everywhere and that is an age thing that has been with humanity but human nature fighting against it. I like the rules of capital punishment for corrupt government officials. The countries in Asia are having such kind of law even though corruption is still around there like China but the laws is reducing the occurrence of it.

I disagree with the idea. We should taught to next generation importance of the hard work, moral, labor etc. If you taught them corruption probably they will be part of corruption if bad things happened to them. If you taught them the real manner, they wont allow to collapse their character if they have to face with worst scenario. Its like if teenager sees the gambling profit on his first experience he wouldn't want to work anymore. But if that teenager knows value of the labor he dont want to spent his money on gambling.

I think people's thinking keeps changing according to their position. If someone is sitting in a big position and can launder money, I don't think he/she will avoid it.

Our politicians are a perfect example of such people. At first, they make very good statements, and after listening to them we begin to understand that this is the person who will solve our issues. But after coming to the government, he also starts corruption like those before him.

I think it is more about community understanding. There has been a lot of tests and thesis written about the fact that, if you take certain amount of people, and one of them starts doing something bad, and another follows, everyone will forget all their morals and ethics and realize that they can be bad people too and keep repeating that.

Meaning, this could be put into a larger scale and if a nation is bad enough, then all the people in it will realize there are too many bad people that get away with bad things and they start doing it too. The moment you reflect a mirror to what they have done, they don't regret it, they become vicious and angry about it, and not defend themselves but attack you.

Yes, that is why many governments don't joke with corruption because corruption can destroy economy, and cause hardship in the land for the citizens to experience, which many countries that ignore corruption in their country are finding it difficult to overcome this inflation that is affecting other countries economy. Since many countries has created some sector were honesty, contentment, fairness can be impact to people in the community, show that corruption will reduce from the land of those that made all those vessel available for their citizens to use.

Providing anti-corruption education from an early age is the right thing, because at least it can prevent future corruption. and instilling good morals in children, that corruption is a wrong action and harms many parties.

IMO, anti-corruption education is a conscious and planned effort to realize a teaching and learning process that is critical of anti-corruption values.
In this process, anti-corruption education is not just a medium for the transfer of cognitive knowledge, but emphasizes efforts to build character, affective, and "psychomotor" moral awareness against deviant corrupt behavior.
Anti-corruption education is a preventive effort carried out for the younger generation from an early age. Unfortunately, anti-corruption education is not in the curriculum in our country.

The school functions as a developer of intellectual education that aims to build character or build students' human values.
if applied in schools, anti-corruption education can be included in the category of value education.

I understand where you're coming from, coz I was once a victim of corrupt school officers, but IMO, even though the schools were not implementing these kind of organizations in schools, we as human are greedy, discontented, will most likely to become corrupt eventually.
No matter how we're being taught the right things when we were young, some people or shall I say most people would eventually become corrupt when given a position in the society.
These corrupt politicians, most of them lived a comfortable lifestyle and for sure they're being taught the right things by their parents, but look at what they've become.