FIGHTING CORRUPTION WITH EDUCATION AND LAW

Abstract

Corruption is a hideous crime and dangerous disease which must be tackle immediately and effectively by all societies and in all countries. The effect of corruption is very severe not only to the involve individual to such crime but also to the entire society and country itself. In late January 2021, Malaysian were sadden with the dropping of the country Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranking for the year 2020 released by the Transparency International (TI). Malaysia Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranking for the year 2020 has drop to 57 among 180 countries compared to 51 which being achieved in 2019. At the same time, Malaysia scored through such index has also gone down to 51 points out of 100 compared to 53 points which being achieved in 2019. However, the fall of the country ranking and scored through the CPI has already been expected by many due to political instability which engulf the country and due to lack of effective measures taken by the country to deal with the issue of corruption itself. Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is an index published annually by Berlin-based Transparency International (TI) since 1995 which ranks countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys. If the country don‟t want their CPI ranking and number continue to drop in coming years, drastic measures must be identify and taken in order to make sure corruption will not continue to grow and become out of control problem. Amongst the ideal measures which can be taken to combat corruption is through education and legislation. Education is most important tool in combating corruption. Educational process need to be carry out constantly and effectively so that everybody able to comprehends about corruption and its effects. Beside education, having adequate legislations is also vital to combat corruption. Due to these, it is the objects of the paper to identify and examine further the role of education and legislation in combating corruption in the country. The outcome of this research paper would offer varieties of proposal to the government to give their focus over education and legislation in addressing with the issue of corruption.