Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Consciousness
Towards the
Nation and the
World
Expanding Civic Consciousness
Towards the Nation and the World
• Some of the national issues that call for our attention and action
are as follows:
Personal interest
The offenders are always wish to procure benefits through
illegal means.
Obtain contract for a project without to follow the normal
procedures.
The applicant may bribe the officers in order to skip these
procedures.
Bribes are offered to receive priority benefits over other
applicants.
Economic effects
Social effects
Political effects
Corruption can reduce foreign investments in the country.
Represent additional costs to the potential investor.
If a country is infamous for its corruption practices, the investors will
have to factor in these additional costs
Cost of paying bribes and paying people to arrange illicit deals.
This can be a major turn-off for investors as there is a lack of
transparency and deals made are not based on merits.
Corruption can demoralize personal trust among citizens.
Lead to a vicious cycle where it creates inequality and injustice to the
poorer segments of society.
People with money and influence would be able to get away with the
injustice committed.
Bribery opens the door for various possibilities.
At the same time, it covers up problems.
Therefore, the rich would always benefit, while people who are not
financially sound might not be able to pay to gain the benefits they want.
Elected officials abuse the voters’ confidence for their own
private interest.
Instead of doing what is right for the well-being of the citizens.
The trust between citizens and their elected representatives will
weaken.
When corruption increases, confidence in elected officials will
decrease.
This distrust can lead to political instability because anti-
government movements may emerge to oust elected
representatives before their term expires.
Corruption is the abuse of entrusted power for private gain.
It is damaging to a country.
Decisions are taken not for the public benefit but to serve private
interests.
Build civic consciousness towards the issue of corruption that has
been affecting the growth of the nation.
Citizens with politically conscious is fundamentally sensitive towards the
need for appropriate governance in the country.
The use of social media in political campaigns and also mass gathering of
the public to attend talks by politicians has heightened the political
awareness of many Malaysians.