Solutions to Corporation Corruption

Bair, Linda. American Symbols of Freedom. 2011.
Dreamstime. Accessed 27 Feb. 2011.
<http://www.dreamstime.com/american-symbols-
of-freedom-image36488>

Almost every occurrence of corruption in corporations is directly related to poor government.  If the government controls the economy then it will eventually lead to a dictatorship which means even more corruption.  According to the Novartis Foundation many people in the government misuse their power because it is impossible for the everyday person to enter into the decision making process or even get a glimpse of what is happening under the table (par 2).  Because of this it is nearly impossible to hold anybody accountable for the decision that was made if it was an unethical decision.  One way to help make the government better and lessen corruption is for the government to keep its hands out of business affairs and let private enterprise and the free market run its course instead of barging in and forcing or bribing big corporations to do unethical things that benefit the government.  The Novartis Foundation also says that if private resources are clearly distinguished from public resources then that would prevent corporations from unethically using public resources for their own private advantage (par 3).  Also corporations need to stop controlling the media and the information that the average person hears on the news.  There needs to be more of a free press and the news needs to talk about both sides of a story and all of the opinions that people have about it so the average person can actually know what is going on and make an educated decision about what to do.  This would prevent the average person from blindly being misled by the government to believe false things which would encourage everyday people to do things that only benefit the government and not the individual or private enterprise.  According to Anup Shah stricter laws against corruption and stricter enforcement of those laws would encourage big corporations eliminate corruption (par 5).  In the end it will be impossible to eliminate corruption completely but if all of these things that I listed above are carried out strong enough and correctly then it will eliminate almost all of the corruption that goes on in big corporations and in the government.  Ending corruption would promote a better, fairer world focused on doing the right things instead of the most profitable things. 

Works Cited

Bair, Linda. American Symbols of Freedom. 2011. Dreamstime. Accessed 27 Feb. 2011. <http://www.dreamstime.com/american-symbols-of-freedom-image36488>

Novartis Foundation . Multinational Corporations, Governance Deficits, and Corruption . 3 December 2010. 24 February 2011 <http://www.gdrc.org/u-gov/doc-business_gg.html>.

Shah, Anup. Corruption. 7 November 2010. 24 February 2011 <http://www.globalissues.org/article/590/corruption>.