Articles

Culture of Accountability; Firewall against Corruption... A Possibility

Tue, 17/05/2011 - 5:23am |

tauplim

The way forward to combat corruption is to instill good values such as honest,, accountability and integrity to our young population. There is a need for education policy to place moral values as a major component, besides the traditional educating approach of imparting various professional discipline.

"...... In the words of Mr. Peter Eigen, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Transparency International as a preface to TI Source Book 2000... Corruption is one of the greatest challenges of our age - a challenge that must and can be confronted. There are no short cuts, and no easy answers. The scourge of corruption will, to some degree or another, always be with us. As we enter a new millennium, we are conscious that corruption, to a greater or lesser extent, poses a threat not only to the environment, human rights, democratic institutions and fundamental rights and freedoms, but it also undermines development and deepens poverty for millions the world over. If it is allowed to continue to provoke irrational governance, one driven by greed rather by the people's needs, and to disrupt the development of the private sector, corruption will even deny that most fundamental of human needs - hope.”

Fri, 04/02/2011 - 2:13am |

tauplim

October 2010

Introduction:

Globally over 185 million people consume illicit drugs annually. Countless numbers are involved in the production and trafficking of these illicit substances and so many more are ravaged and “ crippled “ by the drug scourge, not to mention the social and economic devastation impacted by addiction and trafficking. The drug trends are alarming and pervading the future of youths in every community notwithstanding geographical or political boundaries. Drug trafficking has become a most lucrative business and ensure a never ending supply to those hooked on the substance. It is in trafficking illicit drugs that “ mules “ come to the fore and their numbers are ever increasing as demands increase and profits soar.