| Summary: | 博士 === 中國文化大學 === 中山學術研究所 === 92 === Corruption is a malignant social cancer, and whatever generation or nation it may appear as well as has always been regarded with general abhorrence. Today, although the government has time and again fought corruption, ROC ranked as the 32nd place in the 59-nation/region honest government index of the “2003 World Competitiveness Yearbook” of the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Lausanne, Switzerland. The government has spared no effort over the past years in exposing and punishing corruption among government employees, as well as instituting disciplinary reform and maintenance. However, the presence of numerous flaws in the system and the authority of the department of government ethics had made it very difficult for these mechanisms to function as was intended. A review of other Chinese region governments, such as Hong Kong and Singapore, would reveal that although corruption flourished in these areas before. However, the establishment of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (Singapore) and the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Hong Kong), as well as the establishment of coordinating legal systems began to give Singapore and Hong Kong a reputation for honest government. Whether it is possible for the Department of Discipline to metamorphose into a national institution solely concentrating in fighting corruption — “Commission Against Corruption” has become a question that would test the wisdom and “anti-corruption, great reform” determination of both the ruling and opposition parties.
This paper made an in-depth study of the ROC department of government ethics and their operations, as well as the honest government systems of nations that have become an international institution in honest government; such Singapore, Hong Kong, Finland, New Zealand, France, and Japan. It is hoped that these examples could serve as models and planning blueprint for the improvement of our own anti-corruption system. The battle against corruption is a long and arduous battle, and the construction of an honest government is a long-term and difficult mission. It is hoped that through the analysis of other national government systems, this paper would be able to provide the ROC government and its department of government ethics with an effective reference for its anti-corruption operations.
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