ETHICS, CORRUPTION AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Sympathy Ogechukwu Arikwandu

Abstract


Every society should be governed by a national conscience/ethics.  Its absence results in a corrupt, chaotic society.  There are other far reaching and dire consequences.  This paper points out such effects of `lack of ethics and how they reveal themselves.  But more importantly, it emphasizes the benefits of ethical conduct and what being ethical involves.  It strongly urges everyone to discard the ‘here I am, send them attitude’, but view themselves as a microcosm of the universe and act ethically in their little corner.  The time to act was now!


Keywords


Ethics, Ethical conduct, national development, corruption.

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