Power and corruption: The mindset or influence?

Power and Corruption.

These are two parallel lines that man has made to meet.

I believe the state of being powerful gives the opportunity to attain heights and goals without stress. So why the corruption?

Does power corrupt? Power itself does not corrupt, but it reveals and magnifies corruption that is already present in many people, powerful or not. For humans to be corrupt, they must be corrupt at heart even without power.

The phenomenon of power and corruption combined is a total disaster that depicts the surge of disagreement between the human mind and due processes or protocols which has bred the "short cuts to successes" we see today.

The grip of power and corruption burns to household, workplaces, schools amd not merely the national government.

It is quite understandable that corruption is like a pandemic and no body is spared. In stages of human life, no one has been able to achieve zero corruption because as power increases, morality becomes less to a fault. The decadence fueled by corruption can be as a result of poverty, greed, fear or uncertainty, weak democracy policies to say that humans without power can be corrupt too.

The phrase" Power corrupts" is a bit of a cliche, power is never and will never be a mistake of an existence: power inspires us to confront challenges and aim better at goals which is easily accomplished when having the upper hand but the misuse and abuse is where corruption comes in; it heightens pre-existing ethical tendencies and makes humans takes "ethical shortcut" to achieve aims and when this becomes a lifestyle, men then create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it, a moral code that glorifies it and tags this mediocre rule "the end justifies the means".

Economic loss and efficiency, inequality, crimes, diminished state capacity, impunity, humans rights violations, to mention but a few are proudly sponsored by corruption and abuse of power.

Nevertheless, corruption can be controlled though there is no trusted path to reform, potential success factors include collaboration and coordination, the rule of law, responsiveness, accountability, building trust, report corruption, taking advantage of windows of opportunity, building and harnessing leadership will and followers support for good governance, changing expectations, reshaping the policy arena and promotion of transparency. Wes Felser said and I quote "Hypocrisy is the audacity to preach integrity from a den of corruption."

CHANGE BEGINS WITH US.