ajak
07-05-2006, 04:54 PM
http://www.fin24.co.za/articles/default/display_article.asp?Nav=ns&ArticleID=1518-25_1928559
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LabAnimal
07-05-2006, 04:57 PM
lol - no surprise.
DigitalSoldier
07-05-2006, 05:15 PM
ajak dit is oor apartheid :p
Debbie
07-05-2006, 05:15 PM
I am not against this kind of investigation, but this survey has a really obvious flaw.
It is NOT measuring the amount of corruption in a country. Rather, it is measuring the perceived level of corruption.
Corruption by its very definition is generally something that one tries to cover up, and herein lies a little bit of irony: If the media is constantly revealing cases of corruption, this actually indicates a fairly transparent and robust democracy. Yet the more the media reports on corruption, the higher the perceived level of corruption.
Just because in some countries the media does not reporting massive amounts of corruption does not mean that large-scale corruption is not occurring in that country.
Further to this, it is also important to point out that different countries have different laws, cultures and values. What may be considered 'corrupt' in one country may be perfectly accceptable in another country. For example, actions allowed by many of the political party financing laws in the USA would be considered 'corrupt' actions in one of the social-democratic European countries.
All this is not to support corruption or to claim that SA does not have a huge problem with corruption. I just wish more people would take 'scientific surveys' with a pinch of salt, and pay more attention to interrogating the methodology and actual causal relationships that are exposed in these surveys.
It is NOT measuring the amount of corruption in a country. Rather, it is measuring the perceived level of corruption.
Corruption by its very definition is generally something that one tries to cover up, and herein lies a little bit of irony: If the media is constantly revealing cases of corruption, this actually indicates a fairly transparent and robust democracy. Yet the more the media reports on corruption, the higher the perceived level of corruption.
Just because in some countries the media does not reporting massive amounts of corruption does not mean that large-scale corruption is not occurring in that country.
Further to this, it is also important to point out that different countries have different laws, cultures and values. What may be considered 'corrupt' in one country may be perfectly accceptable in another country. For example, actions allowed by many of the political party financing laws in the USA would be considered 'corrupt' actions in one of the social-democratic European countries.
All this is not to support corruption or to claim that SA does not have a huge problem with corruption. I just wish more people would take 'scientific surveys' with a pinch of salt, and pay more attention to interrogating the methodology and actual causal relationships that are exposed in these surveys.
Nokkie
07-05-2006, 06:34 PM
i see telkom is up buy 2.5points on the share index how did they get it right?