Fighting Corruption as a Global Concern

In Zussman’s (2005) article entitled “Fighting Corruption Is a Global Concern,” the author points out that many countries and global organizations struggle with corruption because they want transparency. First, Zussman discusses anti-corruption conference in Beijing that helps Canadians think about corruption in world. Next, he talks about the Transparency International report making corruption issues visible to public and many countries and global organization are working together to abolish corruption in society business and government. Furthermore, he illustrates gigantic problem about amount of bribes in the world. Thus, several countries now are trying to handle anti-corruption. In fact, corruption decreases national economic development, quality of life of citizens, and faith in government of people. There are four strategies in an anti-corruption. These are having enough laws, being aware of the rules of people, having a strong penalty for corruption activities, and placing the appropriate person in leadership roles. All in all, although these strategies are oppressed by other considerations, Canada is well placed in progress on laws and policies designed to corruption.
It is quite clear that the corruption is harmful to the world, so we should cooperate to eliminate the corruption. According to the article, the author has many valid points. At present, many countries and global companies have several problems about corruption. We have to solve these problems which can interfere with economic development, creating gap between the rich and the poor and make the low opportunity to get a job.
First, there is no doubt that the corruption leads to interference with economic development. If some companies offer a bribe to government official, they can succeed at short term. They do not have to wait through a long process. However, we know the result in a long term of those companies. Although they can get a lot of money easily in the short time, they fail in the future. Now that when they make the corruption, it causes unsteadiness in the firm. For example, A is an owner of the plastic company. A wants to make a lot of money in one year. Thus, A gives money to a head policeman and a dominant governor as A want to import raw materials without paying import duty. This makes A’s company grow up rapidly. A gets a lot of money while he pays same salary to his laborers. We can easily guess after scenes. Obviously, those companies were breaking the law. Also, there are many reasons to believe that this will not work out.
Secondly, the corruption can create the gap in wealth between the rich and the poor. Not only the U.S. companies owners but also whole over companies owners usually earn money more 50 times than salary man. Moreover, most owner hand over theirs property to theirs son or family. Therefore, there is a financial difference between the rich and the poor. The rich are going to be richer as the poor still have same lives. Looking in the future, there will be the rich less than the poor. However, the rich will be much more dominant than the poor. This makes the rich can control everything they want. The gap between these people will much more than before.
Lastly, but not least, the corruptions cause the low opportunity to get a job.
To illustrate, the soft drink company wants to hire 100 people to work in the company. If someone gives bribe to company’s director for get a gob, he can get a job without effort. However, somebody lost his opportunity to get a job because of someone who gives bribe to company’s director. Moreover, when the corruption occurs in many companies; a lot of people are laid off. This leads to snatching of limited jobs. For example, the clock company has corruption within his firm, so the company bankrupts. All of employee are laid off. Can you think about if many companies are in same situation? They are not affordable to hire employees. Many people don’t have jobs in the same time. They have to compete to get limited jobs.
Consequently, corruption is not a small problem which can solve by only a person, or a small group. The corruption intervenes in economic progress. It results in the gap between the rich and the poor. Also, it gives the low opportunity to get a job. It is a national problem which everyone should cooperate to cope with this problem.