Does Karma Principle Encourage Corruption?

Does karma principle encourage corruption?

It is supposed to be the opposite, isn't it?

      Karma is a belief held by several religions such as Buddhism and Hindu. Karma is a spiritual cause-and-effect principle suggesting that every intended act leads to a consequence for the actor. If you intentionally does good things, the action will bring you happiness, success, or any form of good consequences. In contrast, if you intentionally does bad things, bad karma will come back and haunt you.

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      I am a Buddhist who tries to understand things scientifically.  (Surely, this is not a paradox statement). I believe in karma principle. Consequences from Karma can be in any form. A form of the consequences is the feelings people have after doing something. For instance, you give away some food to a homeless; the feeling you have when you see the homeless guy enjoying eating the food you gave is a consequence of good karma. On the other hand, you hurt or kill someone, legal punishment can be considered as the consequence of bad karma.

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     Karma principle functions as a mean to control society. Karma could help prevent some acts or activities that are unreachable by public surveillance and legal controls. People who believe in karma tend to abstain from wrong doing to avoid bad karma even though no one can see what they are doing.

      To me, there seemed to be no problem with having the principle as part of our society, until I faced a dilemma a few years ago. I have witnessed misconducts by a government official. I was concerned and felt I have to do something to stop the evil affairs. However, I realized that I did not have enough power to stop or intervene what I was witnessing. One thing I could do, I thought, was to report the misconducts to someone who had authority and responsibility to take care of the issue. 

source: Forbes

      I talked to a couple people who should be concerned about the misconducts and take an action. What I heard back from all of them was:

"I understand how you feel and what you are trying to do. But please stop. It is risky for you. Sooner or later, karma take care of it."

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Seriously???

      Why? There is a government official doing something wrong, why do we have to wait for karma to function? 

      What are laws and regulations create for?


      At the end of the day I found myself not being able to do anything because of several reasons. Everybody around me told me to keep my mouth shut. 

      There are many questions running through my head and I cannot find the answers from them. It seems like that is how my country and its governance system works. In some societies, karma has became an excuse for not taking any action when it is needed, especially the actions that could make them in trouble. 

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      Why leave everything to karma while we already have the power to do things, to correct things. I still believe in karma and see the benefit of the principle. But some people are using it in a very very wrong way. This can hurt the whole society or country, like what is happening right now. People expect karma will take care of its part, but they cannot forget that we also have our own part to take care of as well. 

      Hello karma, where are you? Please do something, please don't just let the corruption running deep into my society like this.