Social Corruption Or Bribery

Bribery is the act of offering, giving, receiving something of value in order to influence an official decision or other legal duties. Bribery is a severe crime and is punishable by the law in different ways in most countries. Bribery can be used to take illicit advantage over the law in different ways. It can be as small as to get away with speeding tickets and as big as tax evasion. In a country where poverty is prevalent, the system does tend to get corrupt. The main key to this system being corrupt is bribery. Bribery arises when laws are made stricter than they already are to control the masses. In those conditions, some people simply can’t afford to follow the law and are forced to give or receive bribes. Bribery also arises when the …show more content…
Corruption always flows from down to above in underdeveloped countries. Corruption at the top affects key decisions and policies with sweeping implications while core decisions are taken on merit through transparent competition. So why is corruption or bribery prevalent in third world countries? It is because if wage level of the public employees is below the survival level of a family, many employees think of closing the gap with corruption and eluding the law with paying off bribery which will cost them less in the long term rather than while following the law. High wages makes losing the job more undesirable so decreases bribery. As economy opens to foreign trade and the level of national income rises, a decline in the level of corruption or bribery is expected. In an open and rich country, there is a less pressure on redistribution. In low-income countries people fight to share a constant perceived share of the big thing while as development level increases, production and productivity get more important, hard work gets more