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THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES: THEORY AND PRACTICE, V.75, # 1, 2018, pp. 42-56

have destroyed useful lands and usurped as much as possible. Send me the details of
your account immediately (Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 40).

Improving the livelihood of the employees

The financial problems and poverty underlie many corruptions in the administrative
systems. Therefore, one way to prevent administrative corruption form occurring is to
improve the livelihood of employees and government managers. In the management
methods provided by Imam Ali (AS), this important issue has been considered. Imam
Ali (AS) told his commander (Malek Ashtar): Pay them (employees) enough, because
it supports them for correcting and improving themselves. This way, they don’t need
to steal any amount of the public funds, and if they defy your orders or betray you,
they will have no justification (Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 53).

B) Behavioral Factors
Impact of people on the correctness of the administrative system

From the standpoint of Islam, without the participation of the people, the
administrative system is not properly managed, and its correctness cannot be
guaranteed (Delshad Tehrani, 2000 b: 111). Islamic government is flourished only
by the stability of the people and their full participation in the society. Imam Ali
(AS) has tried to keep people away from dominative and submissive positions and to
make them have a real presence in all areas (Delshad Tehrani, 2000 a: 111). He said:
“don't speak with me the way people speak to arrogant kings. Don’t walk away from
me, as you walk away from angry people, and don’t behave with duplicity and
falsification. Don’t think that if you express a truth, I’m going to get upset and don’t
think I’m trying to seem great. Someone who cannot tolerate hearing the truth or a
complaint against injustice, would have much more difficulty for acting based on
truth and justice. Therefore, don’t avoid saying the truth or counseling for justice;
because I don’t think that I am protected from making mistakes, unless God protects
me (Nahj al-Balagha, sermon 216).

Institutionalizing the Culture of Criticism and Openness to Criticism

In order to nurturing the culture of criticism among the people, Imam Ali (AS)
recommended his employees to get closer to the individuals who have more
explicitness in saying the truth and give constructive criticism, rather than glorifying

the current actions and plans (Mohammadi Rey Shahri, 2008: 42-43). Promoting the

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