In my observation, 'corruption' is pretty much universal. It seems to be a function of being a human in a society larger than a typical hunter/gatherer group, and it makes a lot of sense why this would be the case.
Seems to me that it is 'better' to have the corruption be pushed down to the lowest level possible. In this case more of the money stays at the local level. In the U.S. where the corruption lives more at the state, federal, and corporate levels, the 'trickle down' path for the stolen money is so long that little or none of it goes back to the community. On an individual level most people get all of the mine-shaft and little or none of the mine.
In this case, corruption can be reduced to a minimum level when everyone's self-conscience can perceive and implement such high concepts as the common good, self-improvement, justice. So how to achieve this?
My solution would be a 'social contract' with zero-tolerance and with teeth. Teeth which look like a 7.62 and a brick wall.
You choose to work for the public, you work for the public good. Period. If you cannot stand the heat then stay out of the kitchen. There is now a ton of technology to spy on people. It should be keeping tabs on public sector workers or contractors who get paid out of the public coffers (both being a choice people are free to make), and specifically NOT the people who choose to remain in the private sector. Right now the opposite is the case.
Yes, i think you are right in suggestion the social contract for public figures with much social demand. But no idea will germinate in mind with force as a instrument.
It is necessary to educate everyone's consciousness and respect the individual from childhood. It is necessary to cultivate empathy, emotional intelligence, thinking outside the box, aim to cooperation in everything, independence and at the same time conformity for the common good.
Even at school, you need to immediately teach children that this is the world in which you were born, and here we have the following rules:
We are people, we live in a big commons, so we care each for each other, we vote and participate in the life of society and everyone. Here we respect personal space and do everything both with passion and measure.
The motto is – do everything in measure, so that there is no shame in front of the whole world
Blockchain is a tool that can publicly show the financial activity of everyone. And as soon as ALL payments are shifted to the blockchain, the self-esteem and internal sense of justice of each conscious citizen will tell him in what cases and what amount of payments to accept and make. After all, other conscious citizens can publicly judge you.
Ultimately, the blockchain will help take into account the resources of the entire planet and correctly distribute them over time. Of course, this also requires some kind of global goal like exploring other planets)