Within American politics, there is no secret in the fact that their has been and will probably always be some form of corruption involved. Corruption might manifest itself as a candidate being persuaded to adopt a specific course of political action by other people. Another form of corruption can be found in bribery. Since we have realized that corruption is present in American politics, there have been plenty of measures taken to in an attempt to ensure that the corruption is monitored and controlled to the highest capability possible. Monitoring influential politicians with authority stands out as perhaps the biggest challenge when it comes to controlling corruption.
The United States Department of Justice has come up with ways to build an anti-corruption compliance monitoring program. They have already outlined the steps that need to be taken. Said department has stated that the first step requires the government to develop a monitoring plan. After developing this monitoring plan, it is important that specific roles and responsibilities are given. This is done specifically out that those people responsible can be held accountable should something go wrong. The third step is to actually conduct anti-corruption audits which are intended to identify corruption as it is happening. The Department of Justice's plan revolves around the notion that corruption can be stopped before it even occurs.
I think that the U.S. has good intentions by putting such measures in place. However; I do see this system as at least slightly flawed considering a government agency is the one that is tracking to see if there is corruption within another government agency. In order for this system to be more effective, I would suggest that the United States hire an outside source to conduct these audits. This would ensure an unbiased approach to each and every situation that arises. By doing this, we would ensure the effective identification and retribution of the perpetrators of American corruption.
Lucas Pennington
The United States Department of Justice has come up with ways to build an anti-corruption compliance monitoring program. They have already outlined the steps that need to be taken. Said department has stated that the first step requires the government to develop a monitoring plan. After developing this monitoring plan, it is important that specific roles and responsibilities are given. This is done specifically out that those people responsible can be held accountable should something go wrong. The third step is to actually conduct anti-corruption audits which are intended to identify corruption as it is happening. The Department of Justice's plan revolves around the notion that corruption can be stopped before it even occurs.
I think that the U.S. has good intentions by putting such measures in place. However; I do see this system as at least slightly flawed considering a government agency is the one that is tracking to see if there is corruption within another government agency. In order for this system to be more effective, I would suggest that the United States hire an outside source to conduct these audits. This would ensure an unbiased approach to each and every situation that arises. By doing this, we would ensure the effective identification and retribution of the perpetrators of American corruption.
Lucas Pennington