Curbing Corruption.

ways to curb corruption include'
Model behavour.

• Model the moral ethics you wish to see in the nation.
• Live your code of conduct.
• Resolve to do the right thing at the right time.
• Be a part of the cure, not the disease.

Write about corruption.
Join/start Clubs and Networks.

• Your school, or community will surely profit from an anti-corruption club, through which like minded individuals can come together to initiate projects on the issue.
• Contact local groups working on this or similar issues. E

Speak out.

• Discuse the need for any group, club, community etc. towhich you belong to creat a code of coduct.
• Participate in conferences, public hearings, and meetings on the issue.
• Become a whilstle blower;

THE MERITS OF A WHISTLE BLOWER ARE;

• Inner satisfaction that comes from doing the right thing and having a clear conscienc.
• Potential for saving lives.
• Potential for becoming a national hero.

Risks of whistle blowing are;

•  loss of job, positon, status, family and friends.
• Charges may bnot be brought against the offenders
• Your life could be threatened.

MORAL COURAGE;
Moral is conforming to what is right and just.
Courage is the quality of mind, which enables one to encounter danger difficulties with firmness, without faer, or fainting of heart.
Moral Courage is the quality of mind and spirit that enables one to face up to ethical dilemmaa and moral wrondoings firmly and confidently, without flinching or retreating.

"Moral Courage is the capacity to overcome the fear of shame and humiliation in order to admit one's mistakes, to confess a wrong, to reject evil conformity, to denounce injustice, and also to defy immoral or imprudent orders."

William Ian Miller

"A morally courageous person does the right thing, even if it's not popular, in the face of ethical challenges He refuses to stand idly by while others engage in unethical or harmful behaviour and will not sacrifice aspirations when confronted by academic or ethical setbacks."

Maine Commission on ethical and Responsible Student Behaviour.

Moral courage comprises of five values.

• HONESTY.
• RESPECT.
• RESPONSIBILITY.
• FAIRNESS.
• COMPASSION.

STEPS TO BECOMING MORALLY COURAGEOUS.

• Distingush between courage and cowardice.
• Study the lives of moral heroes.
• Support individuals who display moral courage.
• Engage in the acts of maoral courage.
• Be knowledgeable about your rights.

worldwide programmes designed to fight corruption are'

• Anti-corruption agencies.
• Public opinion surveys.
• Raising public sector wages.
• Reducing public sector size.
• Fianacial accountability.
• Media Independence.
• Citizen partivipation.
• Decentralizatio.
• Bureaucratic culture.