首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
(1)An Indian website, ipaidabribe.com, set up last summer by anti-corruption activists, reveals just how greedy officials can be
(1)An Indian website, ipaidabribe.com, set up last summer by anti-corruption activists, reveals just how greedy officials can be
admin
2021-10-20
81
问题
(1)An Indian website, ipaidabribe.com, set up last summer by anti-corruption activists, reveals just how greedy officials can be. It has documented over 8,500 instances of bribery adding up to nearly 375m rupees. These include 100 rupees to get a policeman to register a complaint about a stolen mobile phone and 500 rupees for a clerk to hand over a marriage certificate. The amounts are much larger to facilitate income-tax refunds, where the standard "charge" is 10%; sums between 5,000 and 50,000 rupees change hands.
(2)But such initiatives can do little beyond allowing people to vent their anger about corruption. Kaushik Basu, the chief economic adviser to India’s finance ministry, suggests that this may be partly because the law treats both bribe-giving and bribe-taking as crimes. This makes it hard to blow the whistle on corrupt officials, because the bribe-giver has also broken the law. In a provocative paper based on game theory, Mr Basu argues for the legalisation of some kinds of bribe-giving. His proposal has caused a furious debate in India, with television channels even assembling panels to discuss it.
(3)Some thunder that the economist is condoning (宽恕) corruption. But Mr Basu makes clear that paying an official to bend the rules in one’s favour should continue to be illegal. The category of payments he would like to legalise are "harassment bribes", made by a person to get things to which he is legally entitled. In such cases, Mr Basu argues, the giver should be granted immunity (豁免) from prosecution and a proven complaint should result not only in punishment for the corrupt official but also in a "refund" for the bribe-giver. These steps, he believes, will give bribery victims the confidence to lodge complaints and encouraging them to hang on to evidence of bribery. Fear of being caught should make officials more wary of asking for bribes in the first place.
(4)This sounds promising in theory. But India’s courts are notoriously slow. Jean Dreze, an Indian development economist, thinks that the difficulty of pursuing a legal case against a corrupt official may mean that few will complain. If so, Mr Basu’s idea may unintentionally result in an increase in the incidence of corruption. At least some people who would earlier have refused when asked for a bribe, Mr Dreze thinks, would now pay up.
(5)Yet when the bribes are for things that are their due, refusal to pay is unrealistic for most people. The tone of those posting on the bribe-reporting website suggest that people are keen to strike back at corrupt officials. Because Mr Basu’s idea should make this easier, it is worth considering. So are steps such as moving more transactions online, to reduce contact with officials. Fighting corruption will need more than one clever idea.
The author points out that ipaidabribe.com may NOT be effective in _______.
选项
A、revealing the phenomenon of corruption
B、exposing the greedy officials to the public
C、expressing people’s anger over corruption
D、getting the greedy officials punished by law
答案
D
解析
第1段第1句指出这是一个由反腐积极分子建立的网站,该网站可以揭露贪官的受贿情况,据此可排除A和B;第2段第1句表明作者认为这样的网站“仅仅”能让人们有一个发泄对腐败的愤怒的渠道,do little beyond…隐含的意思是,这个网站不可能做到处罚腐败分子,据此可排除C并确定D为本题答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/B5tK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
A.digB.avoidsC.deliberatelyD.rememberingE.judgingF.eventG.finalH.discoveryI.whatJ.keepsK.negativeL
A.ambitiousB.appealstoC.contactsD.expectE.easilyF.worksG.consultingH.recruitI.turnstoJ.settledK.e
A.ambitiousB.appealstoC.contactsD.expectE.easilyF.worksG.consultingH.recruitI.turnstoJ.settledK.e
Humanbodyneedsavarietyofessentialnutrientstofunctionproperly.Unlessyouarea【C1】______,youprobablydon’tknowwhat
Thelocalauthoritiesrealizedtheneedtomake_____forelderlypeopleintheirhousingprograms.
PASSAGETHREEInPara.3,whatdoesthephrase"jockeyforposition"mean?
Monthsagowesailedtenthousandmilesacrossthisopensea,which______thePacific,andwemetnostorms.
CultureTheculturalvaluesofacommunitygiveitanidentityofitsown./Acommunitygainsacharacterandapersonal
(1)Presidentwillmakehiscaseforhis$1.6trilliontaxcutplan,deliveringaspeechatacommunitycenterinSt.Louis.The
随机试题
多系统或(和)器官衰竭最常见的是【】
心源性呼吸困难的特点是
常见的栓子中不包括
下列选项中,()不属于资质认定部门在进行举报投诉监管时采取的行为。
下列关于城镇体系规划或区域规划中城镇发展条件评价的表述,错误的是()
热力管道对接管口时,应检查管道(),在距接口中心200mm处测量,允许偏差0~1mm。
在下列项目中,与“管理费用”属于同一类会计科目的是()。
天虹公司自2009年开始出现亏损,经营每况愈下。2011年7月8日向法院申请破产。法院经审查,于7月12日受理此案,为了有效防止损失扩大,维护债权人利益,人民法院当日决定先成立管理人接管天虹公司。2011年8月10日,人民法院裁定宣告天虹公司破产。此时天虹
斯滕伯格认为,儿童的道德认知发展是自律道德向他律道德转化的过程。()
为什么说德育过程是一个长期的、反复的、逐步提高的过程?
最新回复
(
0
)