Bribery is a situation where a person tries to influence another person (especially an authority) with favours or gift in return for private gains.
CAUSES OF BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION
1. Greed (SELFIS)2. Poverty.
3. Ignorance.
4. Peer pressure.
5. Frustrations in life.
6. Addiction (Habit).
7. Low motivation at work place.
8. Bureaucracy.
9. Low wages or salaries.
10. High cost of living.
11. The desire to get rich quickly.
12. Old age or insecurity.
13. Cultural demands.
14. Family pressure.
15. Mis-education or Mis-information.
REASON WHY IT IS WRONG TO GIVE BRIBE
1. It is against God.2. It is against laws of the state or society.
3. It can lead to the misuse.
4. It can retard hard or serve as disincentive to other to work hard.
5. It can retard state and private development projects.
6. it can lead to low productivity because resources are wasted.
7. It can lead to mistrust on the part of public officials and people in authority.
8. It lead to increased crime ware.
9. It encourages people to use undesirable means to enrich themselves.
10. Case to be settled are the court.
EXERCISE
State any three(3) effects of bribery and corruption.
ASSIGNMENT
Give any four (4) moral lessons learnt from the lesson.
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