An interesting article that highlights a phenomenon that one encounters more than you'd hope here in Phnom Penh. While a lack of red tape can provide the space for people to do wonderful things (and there is a lot of wonderful work being done here in lots of sectors and in lots of ways). the flip side seems to be that the lack of checks and balances often results in people losing their sense of what is good conduct. Sometimes that turns into downright illegal, but there is also a greyer area of questionable conduct - ways of being and behaving that aren't so clear cut in terms of right or wrong, but that wouldn't be tolerated in other places/ societies.
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