Myth: Pay high and you get a clean government
Fact: Pay and corruption has no correlation. Highly paid officials can also be corrupt, and a rank-and-file worker can lead an honest, corrupt-free life. The most important factor is the person's moral values and character. Of course the higher you are in the power hierarchy, the higher the temptations. How much a person can resist these temptations will depend on his will power. Another factor that can help is his circle of confidantes.
Recent spate of high level, mid-level and low level officers in the civil service linked to corruption and cheating has debunked the long held mantra by the government that we need to pay top money to get top talents. Maybe now we have to look at how to give these top talents some soul as well.
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