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Namibia's Zero Tolerance for Corruption Campaign
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| Corruption Definition | |
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| Defining Corruption | When in doubt … | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corruption | Whenever you are in doubt about whether your actions are corrupt, ask yourself the following questions: “Are my actions legal?” “Am I being fair and honest?” “How will it look in the newspaper?” “Would I like my child, my mother or my friends to know what I have done?” If the answer to any of these questions is negative, your actions are probably unethical or corrupt. If you are still not sure what to do, keep asking yourself these questions until you are certain that you are doing the right thing! You can also ask a colleague or a friend about your actions. Read more on: When in Doubt and Preventing corruption |
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| • | literally means to destroy (from the Latin corruptus); | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • | is not a rare phenomenon; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • | takes many forms with different types of participants, settings, stakes, techniques and different degrees of cultural legitimacy; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • | is not only about stealing: it can also relate to the abuse of power in decision-making processes. It is a form of behaviour that deviates from ethics, morality, tradition, law and civic virtue. |
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| Corruption may be defined as any conduct which amounts to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • | influencing the decision-making process of a public officer or authority, or influence peddling; |
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| • | dishonesty or breach of trust, by a public officer, in the exercise of his duty; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • | insider dealing/conflicts of interests; [and] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • | influence peddling by the use of fraudulent means such as bribery, blackmail, which includes the use of election fraud. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • | Any person who directly or indirectly accepts, agrees or offers to accept any gratification from any other person to benefit him-/herself or any other person is guilty of the crime of corruption. The person who makes the offer or inducement to another to commit a corrupt practice is also guilty of the crime of corruption. |
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| Although there is an active and a passive side to the crime, both parties are equally guilty of corruption. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ... more on: Definitions of Corruption | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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