 The Corruption Trend among Public Officials in Malaysia: An OverviewNoor Sulastry Yurni Ahmad Journal of Global Economy, 2010, vol. 6, issue 5, 357-362 Abstract: The war against corruption is vital to a nation. No one can dispute the negative consequences of corruption, but still, there are those who tend to condone its practice and view it as a necessary evil of economic development. Governments in several Asian and African countries tend to accept this as part and partial of economic development. However, the fallacy of this argument was exposed following the 1997 Asian financial crisis, which demonstrated how corruption had short-changed the countries. The example of Singapore was proof of the argument that a clean government is best positioned to handle an economic crisis. Corruption or bribery investigations should not be kept private but placed in the realm of public knowledge. To understand the main factors that lead to the increase of corruption among male officers as compared to women officers is of great importance as it may suggest the suitability of the Malaysian government or the federal government framework in controlling or curbing corruption for the Malaysian community which lay emphasis on traditional norms and values. Keywords: Asia; Malaysia; Economic System; Corruption (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:jge:journl:653 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Journal of Global Economy is currently edited by Dr J K SACHDEVA More articles in Journal of Global Economy from Research Centre for Social Sciences,Mumbai, India |
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