THE DANGEROUS OUTBREAK OF CORRUPTION: EXPOSING A PERSISTENT SOCIETAL ISSUE

Corruption, which is an all-pervasive societal issue, is the major cause that weakens governance and breaks the public trust which finally obstructs economic development. The article is aimed at studying the corruption disease from its dimensions, moreover, it will also reveal the destructive effects that it may have on the society and the ways through which it extends. It points out the moral, economic, and social dimensions of the issue of corruption around the world, specifically in the context of international and local challenges like COVID-19. Furthermore, it is argued in the article that there is a need of engaging non-governmental organizations (NGOs), nations, communities, and various anti-corruption activists to devise concrete and viable anti-corruption goals and put ideas on credit that the entire world-the grey part of the world in this case will take an anticorruption game to a higher level would be included.