Corruption in Business

The Effects of Corruption on Business

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The Effects of Corruption on Business

by Linda Ray

Corruption inevitably leads to a diminished business climate when the public trust is put at risk, according to Stanford Graduate School of Business. Corruption can take many forms that can include graft, bribery, embezzlement and extortion.

Its existence reduces business credibility and profits when professionals misuse their positions for personal gain.

Inefficiency

When resources are tampered with and used improperly, the efficiency of a business suffers, insufficient resources are available to effectively run the business and maintain its levels of operations. When the news about corrupt business professionals breaks, customers lose respect and trust. Requiring company officials to spend valuable time and resources to monitor the fallout and reassure clients the company is still viable.

Legal fees, penalties and public relations efforts reroute important resources form the core business and lead to an inefficient use of company funds and personnel.

Lost Resources

In addition to the inefficient use of resources, corruption can have a number of other economic impacts on business. Employee ranks often are inflated to cover up the corrupt professional’s activities. The cost of increasing employee ranks in addition to any embezzlement that is going on is passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices. Prices also can be inflated when corruption takes place outside a company in the form of corrupt government officials who take bribes. Consumers pay the costs of vendor corruption when purchasing agents require payoffs, or when vendors skim profits and raise prices to cover their illegal activities.

Weakened Development

Investors are sceptical of doing business with companies are municipalities that are known for corruption. Whether you are seeking investment to grow your firm or you sell investments for a living, you will have a much harder time finding willing investors when bribes or in-kind favours are required, or your business has a history of corruption within its ranks. Competition is unfairly affected when investors’ risk is multiplied by changing business climates that fallow corrupt business practices. Due diligence is defeated when the facts change according to the current levels of corruption. Practical investors steer clear of businesses with a corrupt history.

Increased Crime

The results of corruption in business add to the burgeoning roles of crime-fighting government agencies, police departments and internal investigators. The trickledown effect of corruption usually ends up feeding black market interests, and may even support the efforts of organized crime as the activities infiltrate various business levels. Corruption begets continued criminal activity when it goes undetected. The effects of corruption in emerging third world countries are evident and widespread, but even in America, where competition and greed can outweigh the good of society, corruption fuels the growth of criminal enterprises and eventually affects the society in which the business operates.

Why does corruption affect losses of the company?

ANSWER

1) Corruption affects losses because customers lose respect and trust in the company. 2) The company incurs increased costs for tracking the consequences of undermining trust, legal costs and fines, and convincing the client base of its viability. 3) Together, the above factors lead to a delayed development of the company, scare off potential investors and possible liquidation of the organization.

 

How can corruption be avoided in enterprises?

ANSWER

1) Compliance with labor discipline, employment in accordance with the law, encouraging the actions of managers and employees to combat corruption, control in the field of resource consumption - all this is the key to the success of the enterprise.2) An organization committed to the law and high moral and ethical standards in business relations has a positive business reputation among customers and society as a whole.3) Society trust her and want to take her goods and services even more than the average market price, because people are confident that they pay for a quality product.4) These criteria allow the organization to provide some protection against corruption by unscrupulous competitors.5) However, if the organization conducts a shadow economy, conducts fraud and scams at a senior level, then these factors lead ordinary employees to the idea that this behavior is quite adequate in relation to their employer and colleagues.

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