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Corruption in today’s organizations

Roderick D. Goodrum

Individual Project Phase 3

Research and Design methods Applications

Colorado Technical University

Instructor: Jose Perez

Embezzlement of funds, bribery, graft and extortion are some of the major types of corruption experienced in various societies. Some countries are faced with this scandal of corruption in aw y that businesses, common people and other organizations often find their way in through the government officials who are corrupt. It is a long time continuation of many years. It seems to be part of many nations globally.

Corruption is used in offices for own private achievements and has negatively affected the organizations. It is the cause of declination of some ranks such as the employee, which has affected the business operations, consequently leading to unfavorable business climate. These condition drags behind the national wealth.

According to research by a political economist, associate Prof. Ernesto Dal Bó, and Martin Rossi Universidad de San Andrés in Argentina, finds that corruption has tremendously led to less GNP and GDP per capital as well as low growth rate and minimal investments. Such characteristics demonstrate the damages enforced by corruption vices in our organization and nation.

Previous researches and studies done in 1994 as well as 2001 within Latin America about the distribution of electricity, results proved that the organizations considerably favored those employees who once worked in the same field. The firms covered in the research case were about 80 in the region of Latin America. From the samples, Brazil was found medium corrupted while Costa Rica emerging the least in corruption levels in terms of using less employees to a similar job.

Problem statement

Corruption poses a momentous menace to the development and success of how the organizations operations. If it has left out unaddressed, then it could lead to serious havoc such as closure of the organization or company, bribery, embezzlement of funds, dishonesty and untrustworthiness for financial matters and office misuse by the officials of that organization. According to the degree of corruption in an organization, it can create a bad image as well as jeopardize the profitability of the organization.

Corruption being a global concern, current researches and studies are more determined in exposing the countries in which these vices thrives the most. However, a long-term solution has been difficult to achieve to this hazardous problem. Therefore, in order to come up with remedies to the problem, in this paper a study is done to limit the problem.

Purpose of study

The essential reason of the study is to show the negative impacts which corruption can affect an organization, factors that contribute to the vices as well as solutions that serve a long-term purpose in putting to end the vice.

Research Questions

The major research question: What effect does corruption has on an organization and in which way can it be remedied?

The below are sub-questions derived from major research question

I. What links organizations failure and corruption?

II. In which way does corruption imperil organizations viability?

III. How do we maintain the organizations integrity?

IV. From the study, what general knowledge is extracted?

Methodology

The study is founded on qualitative research technique. Through the guidance of Kothari (2004), the research is a formulative and exploratory project that elaborates exploratory research to a type research carried out to achieve familiarity of a phenomenon or attain new imminent into it, (Kothari, 2004). Out of this regard, the study addresses the effects of corruption in organizations hence; more approach is considered in this situation to discovery of a long-term resolution to the problem, the area with less work that has been worked on.

The basis of having an exploratory research is due to its suppleness in consideration of the various aspects by the researcher of the major problems under this study. It uses the three research methods as follows:

1) Concerning literature survey, this work survey is done by some others such as reading articles, books, journals and secondary data provided sources.

2) Survey of experience, it is concerned to interviewing of people who have encountered the problem. This enables one to a clear vivid picture of this problem. It is a source of primary data due to administering of the questionnaire to sample a population as well as the sessions concerned with personal interviews.

3) Insight stimulating analysis examples. As per Kothari (2004), the examination of the insight sample is “an intensive study of selected instances of the phenomenon” (Kothari, 2004, pg.36) in whose regard does the case study is done.

Limitations of the methodology

The selected research design is flexible. Nonetheless, it increases the possibilities of some personal bias. Thus, the threat likely to occur is that the results may be in the researchers favor and his viewpoint (Kothari, 2004).

Questionnaire

We are students pursuing undergraduate program (the study or course taken) in (your institution name). We are undertaking a research study on the Corruption in Organization and its Effects. Kindly, we request for some of your time to help us in answering some of these questions. Any information provided will be of great importance in our studies.

Interviewers Name ------------------------ Interviews Date --------------------

A. BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Q1) How much period have you been working in this association?

a) Not more than a year

b) 1 -5 years

c) 6 -10 years

d) 10 – 15 years

e) 16 and above

Q2) Why is it that you settled in this organization?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

B. CORRUPTION ISSUES

Q3) Kindly, what do you understand of the term corruption?

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Q4) To your own opinion, how serious do you take corruption issue in your organization?

I. Very serious

II. Somehow serious

III. Not very serious

IV. Not serious at all

V. No Corruption

VI. Don’t know

Q5) Can everyone commit corruption according to you?

I. Yes

II. Not everyone

III. Officials in government can

IV. Don’t know

V. Refused

Q6) What kind of lifestyles or attitudes in the organizations that makes employees corrupt?

I. Ambition and greed of being wealthy

II. Lack of ethical sense or responsibility

III. Low salary

IV. Family centric

V. Don’t know

Q7) Which are the factors that causes corruption?

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C. COMBATING CORRUPTION

Q8 Whom or where could you report cases of corruption?

I. Community elders

II. Police

III. Anti-corruption commission

IV. Skip

Q9) How easy or hard is the reporting system

I. Very easy

II. Somewhat easy

III. Somewhat hard

IV. Very hard

V. Don’t know

Q10) what level of contentment have you experienced from reports feedback?

I. Very satisfied

II. Somehow satisfied

III. Somehow dissatisfied

IV. Don’t know

References

Ernesto Dal Bo’, Martin A. Rossi Journal of Public Economics: June 2007, vol.9 Issue 5-6, pages 939-962.

Kothari, C. (2004). Research Methodology: methods and techniques (2nd ed.). New Delhi: New Age International.

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