Topic: Is good leadership enough to fight corruption? (Read 471 times)

Good leader is the fighting of corruption because whenever you have a good leader then there are things to fight against.
For instance like my country with what is going on presently we are suffering for a bad leader since they don't care about their citizens rather looking for a way to enrich their love ones and family, so we have a good leader there won't be any corruption nor looting and hodl our currencies.
With good leaders at least 78 percentage of corruption would be eliminated from the country and change the country for good.

Even with good leadership, corruption will still exist if the citizens are not honest and selfish. Therefore, it starts with ourselves; we should have discipline and selflessness to help others and improve our country's economy. In our country, I noticed in the past administration that corruption has lessened since the president was really into corruption. However, they still found that there are still corrupt officials in government, so it is difficult to zero out the corruption.

 I think only the citizens of the country needs to help themselves and stop thinking selfish about your gains in just the moment you are in..

Corruption is like a virus that needs the right vaccine to cure and it's to be giving to everyone not just some,  if not it continues spreading

Well, the answer to this question can never be a simple yes or no. It all depends. Corruption exists almost in every society and we can conclude that this is rooted in our human nature. It's part of our nature to take more while giving less or none. Apart from this, the biggest external reason is culture/tradition in diferent society. If corruption is viral in a dictator-ship society, then a great leader is needed and can absoulty control or at lest contain corruption situation. In contrast, if corruption goes wild in a so-called democratic society, a good leader can help very little. That's the truth.

Solely good leadership is not enough to fight corruption,  when all the sectors and institutions that are working in a country are working fairly and are working for benefit of people than that country can fight corruption.  If your institutions are corrupt than a good leader cannot do anything.  Following rules and regulations,  having proper and strict accountability is essential for fighting corruption.

In my opinion, not just good leadership but educating people is also an essential factor. This is because leadership icons cannot alonely fight against corruption. It's also the people who can help out the government to fight against corruption.
 

Not meaning to make this post a Trump thing, but, Trump's rallies for the 2020 election had hundreds of thousands of people. Biden's rallies only had hundreds if that. Something other than the people got Biden elected... corruption.

Consider the following about how corruption works.

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Consider a group of people in the middle of thousands of acres of land, where there is no other government than what they set up.

Since they are families who are all friends, they don't really need a government, because they all work together.

But with any group, there is a thief among their group. But he gets caught, and is punished by the group, or expelled from the group.

The thief realizes he needs help. So, he carefully looks for and finds other people who would like to be thieves, as well. They organize into a band that raids and steals property from the group of people.

After a bunch of raids, the people get together and form a temporary government for the purpose of fighting the band of thieves. They do this, and have success at overcoming the thieves, and even executing some of them. But a few get away.

Now, there is a shrewd joker among the group of people. He would like to be a thief, but is too smart, knowing what the people will do to him when he is caught. So, he talks the other people into keeping the little government that they set up to fight the thieves.

This shrewd guy talks the people into letting him be leader, because nobody else really wants to do it. As time goes on, and the group grows, this shrewd leader quietly introduces banking and taxes, which are really unnecessary. He skims off the top and lives the easy life, being supported by the others.

Well, that's all that the original thief wanted... to live the easy life being supported by others. But the shrewd joker found a way to do it that seemed logical to the people, but really wasn't necessary.

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Corruption generally becomes something substantial through people who want to be leaders.

Every good leadership will fight corruption because it prevents government policies from running smoothly. Remember that the country, that is Nigeria, you are referring to had its president picked on the believe that he Buhari was going to fight corruption. But the president disappointed everyone by not fighting it. Instead his government became worse than the one before him. Corruption is worse under Buhari and that is one of the things that has marked his government as a bad one.


Americans now know the value of Donald Trump. They wanted him out and found weak Joe to replace him but they soon found out it was a bad exchange. I hope Trump runs in the next election. Americans are like Nigerians who wanted Jonathan out for Buhari who has now proven to be worse than Jonathan.

If the leader are good and really good indeed then they will go against every possible means to corruption and tackles it, fight it and go after building an atmosphere to fareness in the government and people will have no option left than to follow suit with the steps of the foundation the leaders have created already, some countries have engage on an evolution in fighting this corrupt practices but this may involve lifes but the best way to tackle this is to start from the top, then every other aspect will remain under control by going against any corrupt practices.

It's hard to get good leaders especially in the area the op used as a case study and personally, someone who is greedy and money driven would find it hard to perform satisfactorily to the public. Let me use one of the leaders of the African countries as an instance, particularly, Nigeria.

 The past President had a good leadership and it was stated that the people enjoyed during his rule but there was still corruption. To actually suggest what then can save a country who is drenched in corruption is hard.

Good leadership alone is not enough, the leader must be fair, wise, and firm.

because the leader affects all aspects of a country, so being good is not enough, it must be supported by a firm and honest attitude.

because in my country it is the same, corruption is still rampant.

 Yes good leadership can fight corruption. A good government will make sure that everybody he is working with is having the zeal to fight corruption and anybody that goes against this aim should be punished severely. Supremacy of law will be put to practice,i.e nobody is above the law and anybody caught will face the wrath of the law, so that everybody can be cautious of any corrupt activities which they are carrying out.

Good leadership will always carry the people along and share the resources of the state to everybody, where there will be no partial,meaning they will carter for the citizens, these will also reduce corruption, since the people see a sense of belonging to the government.

I just wish that most government leaders and officials are like-minded with the leaders and authorities of Japan. Why? Because if their name is involved with corruption and anomalies, they're the ones to judge themselves and they can't take the shame that they'll bring to themselves and to their family's reputation, and the worst is they're the ones taking their own lives. It's being committed to the oath of public service and means that they won't allow any corruption to touch their hands.

Good leadership is very important for the prosperity and development of ant country either its moral development or economic development but I think that only good leadership is not enough to fight corruption.  Corruption can only be fought by all the institutions that are working in any country, the check and balance system,the accountability, the law and order .
So shortly everything counts if a leader is successful to check and controll all the institutions then he can fight corruption.

I think this is a question that we should all ask ourselves that are we not corrupt also, this our leaders we have been talking about does not cone from another planet, they were our brothers and sisters we are used to, not until we begin to exercise self discipline to caution our moral lifestyle in pride, greediness, selfishness and uncontempted spirit that leads to the corruption we are talking about, they leaders not just start misbehaving as they like, it all started from somewhere the place on negligence in showing discipline, the solution to the problems we are all facing today lies in our own hands.

This is the challenge most countries are going through,  the system is so currupt that if a good leader who is willing  to fight corruption the bad leaders will try to frustrate it. It is not easy to fight corruption because it is not only a president that is corrupt, it is all over the system.

Good leadership is not enough to fight corruption, accountability, rules and regulations, check and balance are extremely important to fight this disease named corruption. Country can only prosper if their leaders are fair and honest and have a good insight of all the current issues with solutions in their region. It is very important that all the Institutions are working for the welfare of their country not for benefit of any particular person۔

For a country to succeed, it needs to get rid of corrupt practices in her government. Getting rid of it, won't be that easy cause because her system of government is so corrupt that it has eaten so deep into the country that in some way or another her citizens have indirectly gained or partaken in it. When the head is corrupt it affects the body.

The year 2023 is the year for Nigerians to make it right by voting against all her political corrupt leaders sitting at the horns of the affairs of the country.

Good leaders are good. But there will be more and more corrupt people day by day. If the leader is kind and considerate and firm, towards his subordinates, it will certainly make corruptors more afraid of corruption.

So basically, a good leader is also firm with his subordinates, will definitely reduce corruption, because they are afraid of a firm leader.

His subordinates must also be aware that their corruption will make everyone suffer.

Every country corrupt, and no country is exempted but how the leaders conduct themselves is the issue or matter here. You should not be sad because the information of corruption was given to them (the leaders) by the people who rules them (the leaders) at the 1900 to 1979. Your country is a selfcentric country in which everyone care for themselves not not others, and that is the opposite of selflessness from the TOPIC in VALUE in Civic Education. Good leader can not fight corruption if all the citizens are corrupt but I don't think that all the citizens can corrupt in a country but those who not corrupt can fight against the large number of the corrupt people. In any country, the elites control the system. That is where substructure and superstructure comes to play. I have mentioned these concepts in one of my thread. 2023 is the year Nigeria is electing her new president. The youth is ready to vote for Peter Obi because he is seen as a good  leader for them but the elites will decide who will become the president in the country. Who are the ELITES?

No leadership in itself is not enough. Systems must be designed so that there are strong incentives to act in favour of the collective and acting against is strongly discouraged. One of the keys for that is accountability, the individual knows that he is very likely to have to respond for their actions. It requires leadership to build that type of system and many times they do not come out right.

According to you, good leadership is not enough, leaders need honesty to fight corruption but they are not honest. They lie and they break the rules which they make. All the things you said are true, but when we talk about honesty, honesty is a key attribute of a good leader. If there is good leadership, that means there is honesty. If there is no honesty, it means the goodness is not upto the standard in this context. That is something I want to point out.

Good leadership is not enough to fight corruption. They need honesty in carrying out their assigned tasks, especially when it comes to people. Every state official has been sworn not to break the rules, but because of their greedy nature, they break them and even try to gain more power.

If honesty is still not with them, the government will still be corrupt and try to control everything, even if it means they will hurt the people.

I think accountability falls under the description of good leadership. For a government to be termed good, it has to be accountable, transparent and honest.

But, It may not be enough if the leader is actually good if there's a bad egg in his cabinet. Because should something happen, fingers would be pointed at the leader.
 

 

There is word that Trump is eyeing her position as an alternative to POTUS.

The reason why corruption exists in bad leadership is because their is no law that is strongly against corruption that is why people take things for granted and corruption still continues.
If their are laws against people that are corrupt,  the rate of corruption will drastically reduce.

Step 1 to fighting corruption is getting Nancy Pelosi out of office.  There’s a chance she can be retired for good in the upcoming election and for the sake of America I hope it happens. Of course now that they’re talking about trading bans I’m sure she’s probably already getting to retire anyway. If there’s a politician that deserves jail time, it’s her. Martha Stewart going to jail over one insider trade while Pelosi has made a career from it is wild.

Yes, this because all the mentioned injustice and selfishness are a as a result of bad leadership, if the leaders are selfish they will not satisfy the community with they are expected to do. I hope the transformation of power will favour you in your country so that it take another shape for goo. Actually Good Governance can fight against corruption.

We need Trump back, to get rid of the gross corruption of the Democrat leaders and Biden.

A good government can prevent corruption, but doing so takes time and is not an easy task. If the nation is as corrupt as you said, fighting corruption will require extensive grassroots scrutiny. The majority of corrupt individuals in the nation usually become corrupt from a young age when they are exposed to meager amounts of money in a position they must have held and profited from it.

The corruption would have already been ingrained in them before they grew up to become adults and well-known government officials, and they couldn't live without it again. From an early age, children should be taught about corruption and warned to stay away from it.

What is your definition about good leadership ?
A good leadership is always against corruption and fights against corruptions. Any leadership that is unable to fight corruption can't count itself to be good.

This reminds me of chinese president Xi Jinping.
He said in his campaign, for the anti-corruption movement. this movement seems to run smoothly without any pros and cons, the main reason is that the center of power and political power is only in one point.
In one year of his tenure, he has convicted many people involved in corruption including senior officials and several military officers.
this shows Xi jinping's determination and strength despite the controversy to suppress the opposition. however, what is certain is that he is able to bring his country to be more developed and very developed.

Speaking of corruption, in general corruption occurs when there is an opportunity, abuse of power is one of the causes of corruption. however, a good leader will take responsibility and fight corruption.

Good leadership can annihilate corruption at once but most of us don't really know what good leadership is. so, we ended up voting for the wrong person whom we thought a good leader, and most of the time we don't have such candidates, and often we fall into someone if not the worse corrupt leader than the previous one, we voted a person the same as him. A good leader has a system to tackle this corruption and completely defeat it through studying and taking action until no corruption will remain in his administration. A good leader will be followed by all of his workers until the person who has the easiest job in the community will follow him and obey him and a bad leader is the opposite of all of that.

I want to say yes but it will be little dreamer In my country there is a idiom "fish stinks from the head". If the leader fight for his citizens he will get progress. But was it enough for the all corruption?  Absolutely isn't! For instance, many public institutions in my country are corrupted and need to be cleaned up and completely overhauled in order to progress. People expect great success in a short time. However,  years of corruption will not be resolved in a short time. Yes, you can be successful in a long time, but it seems impossible in a short time. And in my country no one can be patient therefore i will say no

Is good leadership enough to fight corruption?


Good leadership usually IS the corruption.

Good leadership is suitable for rehabilitating the collective mind of individuals in society. This is suitable for establishing a good society on the ruins of a society destroyed by corruption.

Good leadership contributes to the establishment of a coherent system through deterrent legislation and laws. At the same time, the society elevates through the establishment of values that reject corruption and the corrupt

I want to answer you based on the context of what you wrote and what is happening in the country in question.
According to your post, good governance is not enough to fight corruption. It takes a man who will be undemocratic to some extent to fight corruption. In a democratically corrupt country, if a good leader arrests a corrupt person, the law doesn't permit him to sentence the person, he must pass the arrested through the magistrate which is assumed to be corrupt also. The magistrate will accept bribe and discharge the person inside the same society.
The good leader will catch another person and the circle repeats like that, so it takes more than goodness to fight corruption.

yes,, good leadership of course will reduce corruption .. but it will not eliminate corruption in the country .. even in a country that adheres to communist ideology like China which hates corruption, corrupt practices can still be found, but it is not as massive as it is in African countries.. to eradicate corruption can't just be with the good leader, but it must also start from people's awareness to fight corruption, but of course it is very difficult to achieve

In the old days, like the times of monarchies, it was common for wealthy and powerful people to be advisors to the king. It was the same before in the roman senate and it was like that later, mostly up to the early 20th century. Why is being rich and powerful important? Because such people already have all they need and can dedicate their time to the state.
Communism tried put it all backwards giving important positions to lower classes and you can observe a similar situation in Africa and South America where poor people get their votes through revolutionary slogans. When you allow people who had nothing all their lives to rule you can be sure they'll try to use their position to finally feel what it's like to have some money.

Good leadership is not enough to fight corruption in every setting and to fight corruption the people themself need to have the seal of putting an end to corruption and work towards it because most of these so-called leader are not ruling the country.
They are all into cults and whatever their godfather says is the final.
If any country wants to fight corruption they need to give the people a government that works for them not them working for the government by implementing a constitution that will make it happen and also prosecute all the corrupted leaders fairly.

like the usual say, when corruption favour an individual you call it a favor.  When it's against you you cry of bad government, people compromise corruption only when they benefit them. And that's what is killing the third-world countries, they wear corruption to work, market and church.

Hence, corruption is compromised when the leaders see every opportunity given to them to serve as a means of embezzled the common wealth.  

To fight it, you need to know what corruption is. Corruption is so inbred these days, that there are loads of people who say to themselves, "If I see it, it's mine; I simply don't have it in my possession, yet." Many others would call this some kind of corrupted thinking.

How much corruption is compromise in government?

I believe your county must exert every effort to hold free and fair elections in order to install good leaders. Additionally, the electorate must be made aware of the importance of supporting candidates free from allegations of corruption. I have a strong conviction that your nation will elect an excellent leader in 2023 who will make the fight against corruption his top priority.

If your county misses it, corruption cases will plague your county for a long time starting in 2023.

My question is, do you believe that those who are fighting corruption will not be corrupt when they get this position because, in many corrupt countries, corruption has become a culture that is hard to get rid of.

-> there are only 2 ways to stop corruption, the first is the death penalty and the second is social punishment;
- The death penalty for corruptors has been implemented by the governments of Vietnam, China, and Iran, regarding the impact of course it is quite effective because they managed to do it hard.
- while social punishment, it seems that other countries are trying to implement it but it is not very effective because this social punishment does not affect the people closest to the corrupt, such as their wives and children.

It is not easy for a government official to be free from corruption because the pressures of life and the temptation of abundant wealth often make people forget that the corruption they are doing is wrong. all we can do is keep praying that the next elected leaders are not corrupt.

Good leadership is the needed agent to fight corruption any where in the world. Corruption is a dead trap of development, no county can enjoy change and development without tackling the root of corruption of that country. Hence we need a good leader to fight corruption, good leader can only emerge through free and fair election. Some leaders fail in their fight against corruption because the process that brought them into power was corrupt processes. You don't expect such leader to fight corruption, all we need is a sincere leader who care about the people and who is willing to tackle 9corruption by all means. Until we have good leaders in particular lace don't expect any change in the system, that corruption has eaten off.  A good leader we eliminate corruption in any part of the world

It is one of the primary step to fight against the corruption but its not going to be an easy especially when the existing system is corrupted and government officials are supporting it and make benefits out of it there is going to be opposition against the one who wants to clean the system back into the non corrupted stage.

Good leadership is the most important force in the quest to fight and defeat corruption. Good leadership has the capacity to breed good followership. Although it would be difficult for a good leader to fix a corruption-soaked country if he sets a good example it would gradually spill over to the entire nation. If the head is not spoilt, then the body would remain sound. If the president, governor, legislatures, and judges are not corrupt, other officials would be scared to uphold or engage in corrupt practices.


It is good leadership that would set up these structures of accountability and anti-corruption mechanism. Without a government with the willpower to fight corruption and put in place checks and balance systems to curb corruption, these important measures wouldn't be put in place. 


Good leadership also entails upholding freedom of speech and expression. A good leader wouldn't suppress opposition with intimidation and threats but would listen to their constructive criticism and make the necessary amendments. A good leader would not see opposition as enemies but as an important information bank and a reliable check and balance system. Therefore, good leadership is the stepping stone to winning the fight against corruption.

^^^ Well, if you don't think you are having enough success, just lead by turning your back on everybody. At least you will feel good that way... even if it is corrupt.

Sadly, good leadership alone isn’t nearly enough to hinder and/ fight corruption.
In order to effectively fight corruption, there must also be accountability and over sight in government spending that should be available to public view upon request. A government not accountable to its citizens would get away with almost everything.
There should also be a vibrant opposition to check mate and keep the government in power on its toes. The press is also instrumental in holding the government accountable and should be independent from government interference. That way, the press would be free to investigate and expose any fraudulent and/ illegal acts by the government.
With these factors in place, there might just be a shot at fighting corruption.

If i will reply you base on the the topic to this thread the answer is "yes" if the head is good then the whole body will also function as expected, why should a country be surrounded by wicked and corrupt leaders? There should be a change in power if truly they want a change, it's high time the masses begin to voice out against the misfortunes happening in political era with those in government, they are the people's employer who showed interest to serve them and therefore they have the right to fight for their rights if taken, a closed mouth is a closed destiny, this is something common to every country in the world and that's why you see some regions mounting on agitation against bad governance.

I am asking based on the country where i come from. It's sad to say no one cares about doing it right anymore, everyone is carried away by what the stand to gain, their immediate benefit not minding the impact in the near future.

In a country where everyone is been monetised and selfishly driven will good governance be enough to fight corruption. I ask this because it has gone beyond the sphere of the political stakeholder as it dwells even in the cabal of almost every citizen. making good governance will require stepping on toes.

By 2023 there will be a transition of power and if the choice of the people eventually emerges as the winner, following the current state of an entire country i ask will good leadership be enough to fight corruption in a country where everyone is corrupt?