Businessmen rate government a failure in fighting corruption
July 7, 2006 | 12:00am
The government's rating in its fight against corruption fell dismally, according to the business sector in a recent Social Weather Station survey that was presented in Cebu City yesterday.
SWS president Dr. Mahar Mangahas presented to businessmen and government officials, via videoconference, the results of the Business Survey on Corruption, done under the aegis of The Asia Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development.
The survey classified the net ratings of the government agencies in seven categories: Very good (for over +50 points); good (+31 to +50); moderate (+11 to +30); mediocre (-10 to +10); poor (-11 to -30); bad (-31 to -50); and very bad (below -50).
Except for the Supreme Court, which got a "good" rating (+40), almost all other government agencies or departments crashed below the ratings of Church leaders (+71) and the Social Security System (+38). The Church and the SSS were included in the ratings for the first time since.
Those that stayed at "moderate" ratings were the Department of Health (+26), city governments (+22), and Sandiganbayan (+19). All three however had higher ratings last year, with the DOH registering the biggest drop from +46 points before.
At the "mediocre" level are: Trial courts, Commission on Audit, Ombudsman and the Government Service Insurance System-each of which had +5 points-Department of Education with +3, and the Department of Budget and Management, which fell by 24 points from +24 to 0.
At the "poor" level are those that earned negative points. Among them, only the Armed Forces of the Philippines made a vast improved from -38 last year to -19 this year but it joins with the Office of the President, which posted a -15 points.
Those that kept its "poor" ratings intact are the Department of Agriculture (-24), Department of Transportation and Communication (-22), Department of Justice (-20), Senate (-17), Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (-17), and Presidential Commission on Good Government (-13).
Topping the "bad" level is the House of Representatives, which fell from -28 last year to -40 this year. Next are the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (-39), Land Transportation Office (-38), Philippine National Police (-36), and Department of Interior and Local Government (-32).
Lumped at the "very bad" level are the Bureau of Customs topping the list at -74, then Department of Public Works and Highways (-66), Commission on Elections (-59), and Bureau of Internal Revenue (-58).
The survey also showed that most business managers still see lot of corruption in government and less in the private sector. In Cebu, 63 percent of the managers believe in these findings, 71 percent does in NCR, 72 percent in CALABA, 71 percent in Davao, and 61 percent in CDO/I.
Only 9 percent of managers in Cebu think that corruption in the private sector is rampant, 13 percent from CALABA, 11 percent in CDO/I, and 8 percent each from NCR and Davao believe the same.
The survey also showed a downtrend of corruption in business enterprises. Bribing for government contracts dropped in CDO/I (from 65 percent to 38 percent), NCR, Cebu and Davao. In CALABA, it stayed at 47 percent as in last year.
Corrupt transactions between the business sector and the government have increased slightly in Cebu and CDO/I but lesser in NCR and CALABA.
The managers are also optimistic that they can prosper in business without being corrupt. Up-trends in number of firms that pay taxes honestly are occurring in NCR, Cebu and Davao while up-trend in firms that always issue receipts are prevalent in all areas, except CDO/I.
The SWS Business Survey on Corruption is an annual activity, which started in 2000, involving managers of enterprises in Metro Manila, Metro Cebu, Metro Davao, Cavite-Laguna-Batangas, and Cagayan de Oro-Iligan areas facing a series of panel-type interviews.
There were 700 managers that participated in this year's survey, conducted from February 18 to April 27.
Despite the benighted results in the survey on corruption, the managers however agreed that the net income in businesses will rise by 15 percent on the average. - Noreen B. Napoles
SWS president Dr. Mahar Mangahas presented to businessmen and government officials, via videoconference, the results of the Business Survey on Corruption, done under the aegis of The Asia Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development.
The survey classified the net ratings of the government agencies in seven categories: Very good (for over +50 points); good (+31 to +50); moderate (+11 to +30); mediocre (-10 to +10); poor (-11 to -30); bad (-31 to -50); and very bad (below -50).
Except for the Supreme Court, which got a "good" rating (+40), almost all other government agencies or departments crashed below the ratings of Church leaders (+71) and the Social Security System (+38). The Church and the SSS were included in the ratings for the first time since.
Those that stayed at "moderate" ratings were the Department of Health (+26), city governments (+22), and Sandiganbayan (+19). All three however had higher ratings last year, with the DOH registering the biggest drop from +46 points before.
At the "mediocre" level are: Trial courts, Commission on Audit, Ombudsman and the Government Service Insurance System-each of which had +5 points-Department of Education with +3, and the Department of Budget and Management, which fell by 24 points from +24 to 0.
At the "poor" level are those that earned negative points. Among them, only the Armed Forces of the Philippines made a vast improved from -38 last year to -19 this year but it joins with the Office of the President, which posted a -15 points.
Those that kept its "poor" ratings intact are the Department of Agriculture (-24), Department of Transportation and Communication (-22), Department of Justice (-20), Senate (-17), Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (-17), and Presidential Commission on Good Government (-13).
Topping the "bad" level is the House of Representatives, which fell from -28 last year to -40 this year. Next are the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (-39), Land Transportation Office (-38), Philippine National Police (-36), and Department of Interior and Local Government (-32).
Lumped at the "very bad" level are the Bureau of Customs topping the list at -74, then Department of Public Works and Highways (-66), Commission on Elections (-59), and Bureau of Internal Revenue (-58).
The survey also showed that most business managers still see lot of corruption in government and less in the private sector. In Cebu, 63 percent of the managers believe in these findings, 71 percent does in NCR, 72 percent in CALABA, 71 percent in Davao, and 61 percent in CDO/I.
Only 9 percent of managers in Cebu think that corruption in the private sector is rampant, 13 percent from CALABA, 11 percent in CDO/I, and 8 percent each from NCR and Davao believe the same.
The survey also showed a downtrend of corruption in business enterprises. Bribing for government contracts dropped in CDO/I (from 65 percent to 38 percent), NCR, Cebu and Davao. In CALABA, it stayed at 47 percent as in last year.
Corrupt transactions between the business sector and the government have increased slightly in Cebu and CDO/I but lesser in NCR and CALABA.
The managers are also optimistic that they can prosper in business without being corrupt. Up-trends in number of firms that pay taxes honestly are occurring in NCR, Cebu and Davao while up-trend in firms that always issue receipts are prevalent in all areas, except CDO/I.
The SWS Business Survey on Corruption is an annual activity, which started in 2000, involving managers of enterprises in Metro Manila, Metro Cebu, Metro Davao, Cavite-Laguna-Batangas, and Cagayan de Oro-Iligan areas facing a series of panel-type interviews.
There were 700 managers that participated in this year's survey, conducted from February 18 to April 27.
Despite the benighted results in the survey on corruption, the managers however agreed that the net income in businesses will rise by 15 percent on the average. - Noreen B. Napoles
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