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Dr. Ronnie V. AmoradoEhem Anticorruption Group
KakistocracyRule of the Unprincipled, Unethical and Unqualified
A Theory of Book Launching
Internet photo
A book launch should be revealing enough to inform and
move the audience, but obscure enough and just peek into the book's mystery and
sway the audience to buy the book.
Kakistocracy is all about
leadership aberration, forms of betrayal
of public trust, types of trust and
levels of integrity, and techniques of
restoring public trust.
Kakistocracy comes from the Greek kakistos (worst) or kakos (bad) + kracia (rule, power ).
A Hubert Humphrey Fellow at the Maxwell School
of Citizenship in Syracuse University, New York for
2009-2010.
A result of fellowship research on citizenship and anticorruption using the lens of a betrayal theory.
Kakistocratic behavior explains the world’s woes in:• government corruption• citizens’ misconduct• corporate scandals• misdemeanour in the Church• anomalies in civil society• spousal indiscretion
and infidelity• the desecration of rule of law• rise of despotic rulers• illegitimate authoritarian
states
kakistocracy is a government or organization that is ruled by the most unprincipled, unethical and unqualified managers and leaders.
(and takes time again to restore it)
It takes years to build trust,
to destroy it!and a few seconds
If corruption is betrayal of public trust, it is kakistocracy that breeds acts of betrayal.
Kakistocracy is thus the cultivation of corruption in society!
where am I coming from?
EheM!
visiongrowing and glowing shared integrity in Philippine society
missionexpand the space for integrity, to reduce the space of corruption
where am I coming from?
20112007
To restore trust, we need to bear with its betrayal!
Betrayal is a breach of trust, when information is shared beyond an
agreed upon boundary of relations,
whether that boundary is a pair of friends
or a nation!Malin Akerström (1991), Betrayal and Betrayers:
The Sociology of Treachery
“Each betrayal begins with trust.” - Phish
Trust is a firm reliance in the virtues of honesty, dependability, and strength of
character of someone.Hyler Bracy, Building Trust (2002)
If it is not right, do not do it.If it is not true, do not say it..
To be trusted – one must gain intelligence and integrity;
one must cultivate character and competence!
This is the concept of balancing character and competence.
Stephen M.R. Covey, The Speed of Trust (2002)
Simply put, trust means confidence. The opposite of trust – distrust – is suspicion.
When you trust people, you have confidence in them – in their integrity
and in their abilities. When you distrust people, you are suspicious of them –
of their integrity, their agenda, their capabilities, or their track record!
So without integrity, intelligence is impunity. Without intelligence,
integrity is mediocrity!
Competence without character is corruptio optima pessima!
The corruption of the best is the worst!
But character without competence is dulce est desipere in loco!
The corrupt plays in delight with the fool and mediocre!
Some men are born mediocre, Some achieve mediocrity, and some
have mediocrity thrust upon them.
- Joseph Heller
In applying character and competence, there is a need to distinguish between universal trust from contextual trust.
Hyler Bracy, Building Trust (2002)
Contextual Trust is the competency trust
(assumed trust; basic trust)
Universal Trust is the character trust (higher order of trust)
universal trust & contextual trustWe may trust a lawyer to solve our legal problems, but we doubt if he can be helpful in solving accounting problems.
And if the lawyer is dishonest – applying the universal normative character trait (virtue) – we can never trust the lawyer even if he is good in law, even if he is also good in accounting.
Once universal trust is damaged , contextual
trust is destroyed!
Chapter 1Betraying Public Trust
Nothing can undermine a relationship more completely than lack of trust... in business, politics, marriage; indeed in any significant relationship, trust is the essential precondition.
– Robert Salomon and Fernando Flores, Building Trust (2001)
Presentation in mythologized fiction as political puns, with case questions for discussion/reflection.
trust continuumcumulation and erosion
Trust erodes
Trust cumulates
Like a constant tug-of-war!
trust continuumlevels of trust
Trust erodes
Trust cumulates
Betrayal of Trust
Low-Trust High-Trust
Manifestations of Betrayal:Mistrust, Distrust
Loss of trust, Blind trustPretended trust
(Cordial hypocrisy)
trust continuumlevels of trust
Trust erodes
Trust cumulates
Betrayal of Trust
Low-Trust High-Trust
Some Types of Betrayal:Buck-passing Doublespeak
Extortion Relocation Reprisal Mobbing
Negligence Fall guy Scapegoating Leakage
Battering Infidelity Philandering
Abandonment
trust continuumlevels of trust
Trust erodes
Trust cumulates
Betrayal of Trust
Low-Trust High-Trust
SelfFamilyClanTribe
Relational (Individuals
)
Organizations
Institutions
MarketsPublics
Clienteles
Community
Society
Our country most probably belongs to low-trust societies as a result
of distortions in our family and kinship
system.
trust continuumlevels of trust
Trust erodes
Trust cumulates
Betrayal of Trust
Low-Trust High-Trust
SelfFamilyClanTribe
Relational (Individuals
)
Organizations
Institutions
MarketsPublics
Clienteles
Community
Society
Our love and trust for self, family, clan and tribe do not necessarily extend to other
individuals, institutions, markets and the society as a
whole.
Some Trends and TrajectoriesCase Studies on Betrayal of Trust
Those who are in positions of trust have the effective natural capacity to betray
(using their positions in power).
People in authority are effective betrayers. They are also in the
position to defend themselves better if they are to be the betrayed.
Some Trends and TrajectoriesCase Studies on Betrayal of Trust
In kakistocratic behavior, the betrayal comes as an abuse of power – the abuse in the use of position for profit, preferment or prestige. This is the private gain at public expense.
Chapter 2Restoring Public Trust
Restoring trust means rebuilding trust in countries, institutions, industries, professions, and in other people generally. It includes counteracting suspicion and cynicism and replacing it with contribution, value creation and ethical behaviour.
– Stephen M.R. Covey, The Speed of Trust (2006)
trust continuumlevels of trust
Trust erodes
Trust cumulates
Betrayal of Trust
Low-Trust High-Trust
Integrity Intent
CapabilitiesResults
Principles of Trust:Credibility Consistency Alignment Reputation
Contribution
Capacity Trust
Elements of Trust:Contractual
TrustCommunicatio
n Trust
Competence Trust
Dimensions of Trust:Bureaucracy Familial Political PastoralBureaupathy Bureausis
trust continuumlevels of trust
Trust erodes
Trust cumulates
Betrayal of Trust
Low-Trust High-Trust
SelfFamilyClanTribe
Relational (Individuals
)
Organizations
Institutions
MarketsPublics
Clienteles
Community
Society
Authentic Trust
Basic
Trust
Transformational Trust
Transactional Trust
Perfunctory Trust: minimum necessity
or an Assumed Trust based on
Contextual Trust
The glue that holds all relationships together is trust,
and trust is based on integrity. ~ Bryan
Tracy
Structural Integrity Systems Integrity
secular integrity finds meaning with moral purposewhile moral integrity manifests in the secular world
moral integrity
Whole Numbers
Documents/Data
Artistic Integrity
Professional Integrity
Environmental Integrity
Financial Integrity
Political Integrity
Territorial Integrity
Intellectual Integrity
Technological Integrity
Cultural Integrity
secular integrity
uprightness is the highest form of integrity: the regard for what is good
and the regard for the common good!
Trust is a constant work in progress, and its building blocks are integrity, credibility, character, respect, and reputation among others.
Trust is WIP!
From citizens’ inaction to citizens in action
A citizenship-based country strategy
ObjectiveLeadership orientation
CitizenryGovernance
Leadership and citizenship traitsOrganization orientationCitizenship orientation
Participation orientationTrust continuum
Types of trustTrust principles
Levels of integrityMiddle position predicament
A special section Litany for Integrity
For government, business, schools, Church, families, professionals, elections, anticorruption groups and cause-oriented groups, and for all the Filipino citizens.
Can serve as recital or invocation during flag ceremonies, conventions, conferences, seminars, etc.
Chapter 3Blogging Public Trust
Blogging is the new frontier of advocacy; the new intellectual sanctuary and a serene watering hole for the soul.
social commentarysocial tools
http://cyberron.blogspot.com/
This book is all aboutethical leadership,
public trust,integrity,character,reputation,
legacy,ascendancy and
good citizenship –these are all
God’s other names.
And we all aspire to
establish a society that is ruled by
leaders who are
principled, ethical and qualified!
All proceeds of the book will go to a special anticorruption research fund.
maraming salamat!