According To The Survey, Nearly 80% Of Respondents Admit That They Have Participated In Unfair Competition

Xiao Xie, a graduate student of a university in Beijing, is planning to buy a laptop computer. In order to compare the advantages and disadvantages, he browsed many digital product evaluation websites, but finally found that these so-called "evaluations" could not provide effective information for readers.

"No matter what kind of product, a large number of people have posted a lot of posts calling it useless. Who knows if it will be 'Network thugs' Are you playing tricks on me? "

By "cyber thugs", Xie refers to a group of people employed by public relations companies. The usual way of "cyber thugs" is to use extreme language and slander on forums or blogs competitor And disturb the public's hearing and hearing. such Unfair competition The phenomenon is everywhere, and even has been considered normal and reasonable by some people.

Recently, the Social Survey Center of China Youth Daily conducted a public opinion survey (4371 people participated) through Public Opinion China Net and Sohu News Center. 86.1% of the respondents confirmed that there are many unfair competition phenomena in their lives, of which 49.9% said "very many"; Only 2.2% felt "relatively few" or "very few".

Of the respondents, 78.3% admitted that they had participated in unfair competition, of which 10.9% "often" participated, 34.9% "had some" similar experiences, and 32.5% "rarely" participated; Only 21.7% "never participated".

There is a serious tendency of "success only theory" in the current society

What are the main areas of unfair competition? The respondents' choices are: "workplace" (88.8%), "shopping mall" (64.3%), "in daily life" (32.7%), "between classmates" (21.4%), "between friends" (18.1%), etc.

Xie sighed that unfair competition was originally a "commercial term", but now it is applicable to all aspects of social life - parents compete for the quota of key kindergartens, college graduates compete for the "iron rice bowl", and professionals compete for promotion qualifications... It can be said that unfair competition is everywhere. "Strangely, many people can always find all kinds of reasons to defend themselves, thinking that 'existence is reasonable'."

Zhang Ming, a professor at Renmin University of China, pointed out that there is a serious trend of "success only" in the current society, and many people only advocate success, regardless of everything except success. Many people not only understand the art of unfair competition, but also regard fair competition as a strange phenomenon. Many literary and artistic works also advocate trickery. "Many people are trapped in it, and social morality has declined seriously."

In the survey, respondents believe that the reasons for this situation are: "hidden rules are more effective than explicit rules" (83.4%), "the rules are not strictly enforced and the punishment for violations of rules is not enough" (60.9%), "rules exist but are not respected" (54.4%), "many people only focus on immediate interests without scruple" (52.6%), "laws and regulations are not perfect and competition rules are not clear" (52.6%) Etc.

Xu Shiying, a professor of East China University of Political Science and Law, said in an interview with the China Youth Daily that the reason why unfair competition is so rampant is that many people only run for interests and don't care about the means to obtain interests in front of many opportunities brought by reform and opening up. In addition, our current system of competition is not perfect and the law enforcement is not strict, which makes some people's "unfair competition costs" too small and encourages the growth of unfair competition from the side.

81.5% believed that failure to obey the rules was more likely to lead to success

"Competition and rules are twins. The proliferation of unfair competition reflects the general lack of 'rule awareness' in the current society." Xu Shiying said, "It's like taking a bus. If everyone follows the rule of' getting off first, getting on and off ', people can get on and off very smoothly. Rules bring order, and order, as a public product, needs everyone to produce together, which can benefit everyone. "

In the survey, only 4.3% of people think that people currently "respect rules very much", 9.0% think that they "respect more", and 25.0% think that "the degree of respect is average". Another 25.7% chose "not very respectful", and 35.0% thought "very disrespectful".

In addition, 36.4% pointed out that in the current society, almost everyone has violated the rules; 59.9% believed that people who did not obey the rules were "very common", while only 3.8% believed that "relatively few" or "almost none".

Mr. Li, a citizen of Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, said frankly that in the engineering survey company where he worked, people who rely solely on their ability and knowledge may not be promoted after ten or eight years. "The key is to rely on relationships and money. It is the same everywhere in the society. If one does not understand the 'hidden rules' behind the rules, it is difficult to achieve good development."

In the survey, 81.5% of the respondents believe that in the current society, people who do not obey the rules are more likely to succeed than those who obey the rules. Only 5.5% of people said they "don't agree" with this, and 13.0% felt "hard to say".

"This is a kind of 'demonstration effect'." Xu Shiying pointed out that when one person benefits from not abiding by the rules, others will compete to imitate, "just like bad money drives out good money, it can't be stopped."

Only when elite groups take the lead in abiding by the rules can the public respect the rules

How to eliminate unfair competition? 81.5% chose "everyone should be equal before the rules, and all privileges should be eliminated".

In addition, 74.0% expected to strengthen law enforcement and punish violations; 58.9% of the people suggested improving the legislation to make the rules clear and reasonable; 58.5% chose to "strengthen people's awareness of fair competition and create an environment for fair competition"; 46.0% suggested strengthening "rule education" and enhancing people's "rule awareness".

Zhang Ming pointed out that in the whole moral system, the elite group has a role model. Only when elite groups with various resources take the lead in complying with the rules and are willing to subject their power to the rules, can the public respect the rules.

Xu Shiying believes that if we want to put an end to unfair competition, we should first guide the public to establish "rule awareness". This requires the public to have a "public awareness", that is, to recognize what is good for everyone, but also good for themselves. Secondly, we should improve the legislation and strictly enforce the law, so that those who do not comply with the rules will be severely punished. "To achieve this, it is particularly necessary for law enforcement officials to be fair and honest. Because, as the guardian of the rules, once the law enforcement officials' rent-seeking behavior occurs, the authority of the rules will be greatly reduced."

A netizen on www.minmin.com left a message saying: "We need to establish a system so that those who abide by the rules will be rewarded well and those who violate the rules will be rewarded badly. Only in this way will people believe in the rules and respect them."