Definition- Corrupt: willing to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.
i was wondering why do we do corruption? do we do it or it happens? is it easier doing corruption or it takes pains and efforts??
you may like to think on these for 'some time' before reading my opinion.
we do corruption because we think it is easier and trying an alternative may be difficult. though it may not also be so. we do corruption because we think thats the only way to do it. Lets rethink and act fresh. there are many many people who get-up in reverence to such individuals who humbly state their intent to do things 'straight'. and many times they too pick up the thread-of-honesty you have held. We do corruption for getting more than we 'know' we need and deserve. but it is just a matter of time that such things come undone and we lose everything thus 'achieved'. we do corruption to make our lives little extra-comfortable. not going into philosophy but very factually speaking you never get the 'peace and comfort' you may have expected having had the best bed, house and bank-balance. most of the times doing and hiding such acts takes as much effort and pain as it would take in refusing to buckle under pressure. one only has to think if the deed is worth it. MOST OF THE TIMES it is not.
Well, there is another, and equally important, part to this thought. there are moments when 'corruption' saves lives and situations (during health emergency, getting a fast ticket booked in emergency for old parents, paying 'extra' for carrying/cremating a dead body, etc). At such point one may very well refer to the definition of corruption. Such acts may be termed illegal (and legality changes with time and space) but not corrupt.
Finally, the intent must always be the good of all and not just one's own self and not causing harm/loss to anyone for personal, undeserved, 'profit'.
Corruption, though widely prevalent, doesn't have deep roots, and it proliferates only for lack of any serious thought given to the seemingly complex but really simple issue.
See image above for some thoughts on integrity.
-harsh
