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Running head: CORRUPTION IN FIJICorruption in FijiName of the student:Name of the university:Author note
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1CORRUPTION IN FIJIIntroduction Corruption is one of the usual unethical behaviors faced in different countries of theworld. Corruption can be practiced by different persons who are in a powerful position and usecorruption for their selfish benefit. It might vary across different kinds of activities such as briberor cheating (Rose- Ackerman and Palifka 2016). However, there are certain countries in theworld where corruption is considered as legal. This paper will identify four different forms ofcorruption with special focus on Fiji and four different ways by which it can be avoided by thegovernment.About FijiFiji is an archipelagic region in the Melanesia area of South Pacific Ocean. It consists ofmore than 330 islands and 500 islets, which make up to a total area of 18,300 square kilometers.This country constitutes of 868.400 members and it is ruled by a democratic government(Dornan 2014). In order to focus into the detail of corruption taking place in Fiji and theprominent areas of the same, a pest analysis is structured below.Political-Fiji got independent in 1970It started facing a constitutional crisisin 2009Fiji got highly involved in theoperations of international society andpeacekeepingIt was unable to carry out democraticelectionsIt was removed from thecommonwealth of counties in 2009According to UN, Fiji’s politicalstability score was three out of five(Cleaver 2017)Economic-The country has a GDP of 3404 billionUS$In terms of agriculture, GDP was12.1%Industry had 20.2% GDPServices in the country had 67.&%GDPThe economy of Fiji was much better incomparison to its neighboring countriesThe country has experienced anincrease in foreign direct investment orFDI in the last decadeInflation was more than the economic
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2CORRUPTION IN FIJIgrowth by 8.6% which more or lessequal to 2.1%The country had an increased import of142% (Rahman, Naz and Singh 2016)Social-Fiji had medium life expectancy rate of71.59 yearsThe country has a high literacy rate of93%There is large emigration of skilledworkers from the countryThere is less average in GDP per capita(McCarthy 2015)Technological-There is lack of technologicaladvancement Agricultural productivity is improvedbut not technologically soundIt is an internationally acclaimedtourism destination but there is notechnological development in the samearea (Naidu and Chand 2014)Fig: PEST analysis of FijiTypes of corruption in FijiThe PEST analysis of Fiji was helpful in highlighting the areas where corruption mighthave taken place. A review of existing literature helped in finding out that Fiji is situated belowaverage in terms of their activities in global corruption measured indicators. There is poorperformance in terms of the legal policies and regulations. The major forms of corruption in Fijiare political corruption and nepotism, however the instance of bribery among the citizens is notspecifically found. Two other forms of corruption were found to be risky distribution of cash andguarding the guards (Zhao et al. 2017). Political corruption: according to a research carried out by Transparency InternationalFiji, it was found out that 90% of the political system in Fiji is corrupted. The research hadconsidered the opinions of 1024 respondents who belonged to the age group of 18 years andover. Among the politicians who were surveyed for this research, 47% believed that thecountry’s politics is affected by corruption. Again, 54% of the respondents believed that the
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