SITUATION:
There are many problems that concern the Philippine Public Administration so this
paper aims to discuss the problems which encompasses all the others. The problems
were trimmed down to corruption. In the Philippines it is also commonly associated in
almost all branches of governmental offices nationally.
PROBLEM:
The term corruption is define by the Merriam Webster Dictionary as a dishonest
or illegal behavior especially by powerful people (such as government officials or police
officers), it is also the act of corrupting someone or something. Surprisingly, even the
dictionaries prove how deeply-embedded corruption is in the different cultures and how
the people perceive what corruption is.
According to Investopedia, “Corruption can include giving or accepting bribes or
inappropriate gifts, double dealing, under-the-table transactions, manipulating elections,
diverting funds, laundering money and defrauding investors. One example of corruption
in the world of finance would be an investment manager who is actually running a ponzi
scheme.” Investopedia US (2014) Corruption is the most non-tolerable type of
administrative problem as it involves unethical usage of public funds for private purposes.
SOLUTION:
Since in the beginning of the Philippine government corruption is playing a vital
role in weakening the Philippine economy. We can say that it is already been part of the
country’s culture, and it is also recognizable that there are some factors that keeping
corruption operational in most part of the country’s bureaucratic system. There are a lot
of proposition to eliminate or at least to lessen the rampant corruption In the country such
as the need of improving the ‘informational system’ in governmental offices. Batalla
(2000) with the help of modern-day technologies such as interconnected network or the
internet, that in just a click of a finger a researcher can access an information that they
wanted. In this sense transparency can be operational and can be maximize efficiently by
creating an interactive social media platform or a website that any citizen can browse
easily attached with proper data.
REFERENCE:
Battala, Eric . (2000) De-institutionalizing Corruption in the Philippines, paper presented
at the Conference Institutionalizing Strategies to Combat Corruption: Lessons f
rom East Asia Conference by the KAS and the DLSU-YCEA, 12-13 August.
Investopedia US, A Division of IAC. . (2014). Retrieved from Investopedia US:
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/corruption.asp