Corruption In Organizations: A Behavioural Perspective in the Indian Context

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Most of our management concepts and theories have hardly anything to deal with Corruption. Many of our so-called Consultants and Management Gurus do not dare to tread upon such concepts. Probably, they think that it is outside the realm of their elitist body of knowledge and would rather dismiss this word by calling it a “Social Evil”. 

Dear reader, let me sound a word of caution - this social evil has become a phenomena that is ‘widespread’ and ‘dominant’ and has gained great powers to influence whatever under the name of ‘management concepts’ that we have ever known till date!!

Why Jan Lokpal Is Not Sufficient?

"In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of

In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of"

Confucius

The deepening interest on Jan Lokpal (Citizen's ombudsman Bill) has no doubt captivated the Indian masses. A society burdened with a corrupt administrative heritage is now seeking redress. While differences continue to persist between the government and civil society, there is much awaited expectation among the general public that longs to put an end to corruption.

The government would obviously like to closely guard its citadels of power and keep its key officials ‘immune’ to any prosecution process. The Jan Lokpal on the other hand likes to see strong powers in its hands to take action against erring officials, bureaucrats, judiciary and politicians. But where this debate on exposing government officials to punitive measures would lead to is a bit uncertain. Let’s assume for a while that the Jan Lokpal, as proposed by the civil society, gets accepted and takes a formal structure. Will it be sufficient to put an end to corruption? What would be the ultimate outcome? In other words, what do we want to achieve by putting corruption to an end?

Japan Nuclear Fallout: Global Carbon Emissions Likely to Rise

Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

Japan's nuclear crisis has started rubbing on to nuclear programs of other countries. Germany has already announced its plans to close down its nuclear plants by 2022. Italy's people have recently voted to block revival of its nuclear power plants. Italy's nuclearpower plants were shut down by a 1987 referendum after the Chernobyl disaster.

Elsewhere, notably in United States, public pressure on governments to close nuclear plants is also on the rise. There are concerns about safety, social and environmental costs and ambitious civil nuclear plans in the fast growing economies of China and India. 

Read the full post at blog.thinktosustain.com