Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computing, Communication and Control System, I3CAC 2021, 7-8 June 2021, Bharath University, Chennai, India

Research Article

The Impact of Corruption on Filipino Youth from Academia and Police Background and Anti-Corruption Methods

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.7-6-2021.2308598,
        author={Raul A.  Aquino},
        title={The Impact of Corruption on Filipino Youth from Academia and Police Background and Anti-Corruption Methods},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computing, Communication and Control System, I3CAC 2021, 7-8 June 2021, Bharath University, Chennai, India},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={I3CAC},
        year={2021},
        month={6},
        keywords={impact of corruption; filipino youth; academia background; police background; anti-corruption methods},
        doi={10.4108/eai.7-6-2021.2308598}
    }
    
  • Raul A. Aquino
    Year: 2021
    The Impact of Corruption on Filipino Youth from Academia and Police Background and Anti-Corruption Methods
    I3CAC
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.7-6-2021.2308598
Raul A. Aquino1,*
  • 1: Lyceum of the Philippines (LPU), Manila Campus, Muralla St, Intramuros, Manila, 1002 Metro Manila, Philippines
*Contact email: raul.aquino@lpu.edu.ph

Abstract

Huge corruption has caused major national institutions such as the judiciary, military, police, schools and other public service providers to fail to perform their functions effectively, fail to perform their duties, and fail to best serve the interests of the people, resulting in many serious societies Issues such as poverty, broken discipline, failure of the judicial system, a culture of distrust and impunity. This study aims to determine the impact of corruption on Filipino youth and identify some anti-corruption methods. Both qualitative and quantitative research approaches were used to gather the research data. This study gathered the primary data through a survey of Filipino youths from the academic and police backgrounds of the National Capital Region. The prepared questionnaires focused on the perceived effects of corruption to the Filipino youth and the solutions in fighting corruption. Specifically, the survey identifies the perceived effects of corruption to the respondents and the society in general, the present assessment on government’s actions and performance in fighting corruption as well as, the solutions to address the problem of corruption in the Philippine. The results obtained indicate that most respondents are anti-corruption. They are also aware of the negative effects of corruption on them and society. The government must fully support anti-corruption. Some proposed anti-corruption solution is to educate