Bongbong Haunted by Fraudulent Educational Background

If you are supervising a company and you find that one of your employee is not indicated the right information in his bio data, what do you do?

In the past week, a news website published an investigative article which examined the educational background of Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. also known as Bongbong Marcos. Based on what is stated in the Senate record, his name has the 'Bachelor of Arts: Political Science, Philosophy and Economics' taken at Oxford University. There is also a Masters: Business Administration, taken at the Wharton School of Business. But as fact-finding of such news website, he finished in Oxford was 'Diploma in Political Science, and in the Wharton School was ' unfinished ' status of his master's degree.  Is possible?  You can put on your CV though unfinished? In my understanding, with regards to the terminology in academic attainment level, the 'diploma course’ is only short term courses that can be 1-2 years of study similarly called the 'vocational course'. The 'bachelor course' on the other hand is the baccalaureate degree course usually 4-5 year study. Therefore, there is fraudulent presenting himself to the public. If you go by the Constitution, and Senate ethics and decorum, we can say he would have something violated on it and should pay attention to the authorities. The core issue here is trust. The Constitution is amply clear: Public office is a public trust. Public officers must, all times, be accountable to the people.  The process of making our officials accountable begins with transparency and correct information. The law requires full disclosure, including family and relations, education, assets and businesses. Public officials lying about their educational attainment is a minor matter, others say. Sure, it is not corruption; it is not stealing our taxes. But can we still believe them? Trust, the bond between the public official and the people, starts to break once it is stained by lies. An American politician once said, "Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too." Our tolerance for deception and lying is higher than other countries. If this happened in Japan or Germany, where ethical demands on public office are strict and uncompromising, a politician caught lying would have quit.

The point here is not whether the academic level has finished or not since it is not a requirement to run and serve in the government (because even ignorant and morons would be elected with just a public charisma). The point here is the honesty of the person in charge. No problem if low educational attainment he has, just be true and accurate. This is apparently bad example for our countrymen especially for the youth.  If it is ignored, definitely more increases in the number of graduates who have credentials are having acquire in ‘Recto University’.

Remember that it’s not just a company but the whole country.