Eradication of Corruption through a Spiritual Perspective

Abstract

The corruption that continues to be rampant in Malaysia has become severe problem. Corruption remains widespread due to ineffective regulation enforcement, money politics between political actors and business leaders, political interference and, the mixed impact of corruption prevention measures. Hence, the political and business culture and the nature of political leadership erode the political will to combat grand corruption in Malaysia. Currently, Malaysia has developed several institutions and enacted policies to overcome this problem. The development of institutions and the formulation of various policies through acts and programs show Malaysia's efforts to eradicate corruption. However, this problem continues to spread without end. This situation will disturb the well-being of society. Legal action is still insufficient to change the behavior regarding corruption in Malaysia. Hence, alternatives other than the law need to be imposed. Therefore, this concept paper discusses a spiritual approach to dealing with this problem. The proposal of this concept paper is based on the literature review analysis. Thus, some spiritual approaches are suggested to overcome this problem. These suggestions can be used as long-term planning to improve this problem more positively