Corruption Regulatory Office

Backed into a corner about the anti-corruption credentials of a party founded by Miroslav Kalousek, Chair Karel Schwarzenberg of TOP 09 told LN that completely eliminating corruption probably isn't possible, but that his party will try to keep it to a minimum. There's such thing as an acceptable level, he suggested in Týden, but the bounds have been overstepped in the Czech Republic. An acceptable level of corruption? Like the difference between escort services and prostitution? Soft drugs and hard drugs? Horse racing and dog fighting? If there's an acceptable level, perhaps it's time to regulate corruption just like sex, drugs and gambling. A Corruption Regulatory Office could be set up, and licenses for engaging in acceptable levels of corruption could be issued. Every company could have its own Chief Corruption Officer. Isn't it time to end this silly war on corruption by decriminalizing it? [Lidové noviny]