Models and guidelines for preventing corruption in Thai government agencies
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Abstract
Thailand has had corruption in government agencies for a long time. To eliminate corruption, it is necessary to know the factors that cause it. This article has been compiled the factors that cause corruption, divided into 1) key participants, including merchants, civil servants, politicians and the public; and 2) Various models causing corruption such as corrupt tree, factors causing corruption, stability and strength of the participants, the root of corruption, key factors why corruption suppression is not as successful as it should be, the relationship between participants and interpersonal bonding force, participants and their behavior. Moreover, the author has suggested the prevention of fraud and ways to reduce corruption in government agencies such as looking at the problem deep down to the root to solve all the problems as well as choosing a person to suppress must be someone who deeply understands the problem of corruption, decisive in working and sets up intensive measure in accounting and tax to audit companies transacted with government, issuing a new banknote of 1,000 Baht and canceling the old banknote. If Thailand can suppress or reduce corruption, the government will have the full budget as it should be to allocate to develop the country.
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