Administrative Measures to Increase Transparency and Predictability. This principle is straightforward: “Prevention is better than cure”. We ought toremove opportunity for corruption through clear work procedures and decision rules.And we should improve transparency and accountability wherever we can, so the public knows what they can expect, and may complain when they do not get it. Also, have clear rules in the government Instruction Manual on issues likes:
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a public officer cannot borrow money from any person who has officialdealings with him,
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a public officer cannot use any official information to further his privateinterest,
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a public officer is require to declare his assets at his first appointment and alsoannually, and
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a public officer cannot receive entertainment or presents in any form frommembers of the public.
Dr Jon Quah (Bureaucratic Corruption in the ASEAN Countries: A ComparativeAnalysis of their Anti-Corruption Strategies, 1982).
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