7 out of 10 traders see less corruption under Noy

From: philstar.com

 

Seven of 10 business executives see less corruption in the public sector under President Aquino compared to the previous administration, the latest survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) revealed yesterday.

 

Preliminary findings of the 2012 SWS Survey of Enterprises on Corruption found 71 percent of 826 business executives saying they see less corruption in the government, and only two percent see more corruption now.

 

The SWS Survey of Enterprises on Corruption was conducted from July 16 to Sept.14, 2012. This was an improvement from the May 24 to 27, 2012 survey which showed 64 percent of executives seeing less corruption and five percent who saw more corruption.

 

“There has been radical progress in the fight against corruption,” the SWS said in a statement.

SWS said executives seeing “a lot” of corruption in the public sector fell to 42 percent in 2012 from 64 percent in 2009, after having been 60 percent or more from the start in 2000.

 

Those saying that “most/almost all” companies in their own sector give bribes to win public sector contracts fell to 41 percent in 2012 from 48 percent in 2009, and was the lowest in all 10 rounds since 2000.

 

Of 20 government institutions rated for sincerity in fighting corruption, 17 improved their net sincerity ratings from 2009 to 2012.

 

The most radical change is in the Office of the President, which improved in net sincerity in fighting corruption to an “excellent” 81 in 2012, from a “bad” -37 in 2009.

 

Two agencies have improved their sincerity ratings to “very good” from “good”: the Department of Health, with 60 in 2012 versus a good 37 in 2009; and Department of Trade and Industry, with 59 in 2012 versus a good 38 in 2009.

 

Three institutions have improved their ratings to “good” from “neutral”: Department of Education, with 49 in 2012, from zero in 2009; the Senate, with 38 in 2012, from -1 in 2009; and the Office of the Ombudsman, with 38 in 2012, from -8 in 2009.

 

Of six institutions with “moderate” ratings, four have improved: Sandiganbayan, with 27 in 2012, from a neutral 8 in 2009; Department of the Interior and Local Government, with 27 in 2012, from a poor -25 in 2009; Department of Budget and Management, with 22 in 2012, from a poor -17 in 2009; and Department of Transportation and Communications, with 10 in 2012, from a bad -30 in 2009.

 

The three institutions with neutral ratings have all improved: Department of Environment and Natural Resources, with 1 in 2012, from a bad -34 in 2009; the House of Representatives, with -2 in 2012, from a bad -34 in 2009; and the Philippine National Police, with -8 in 2012, from a poor -17 in 2009.