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Corruption

Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a crime that is undertaken by a person or an organization that is entrusted in a position of authority to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's gain. Corruption may involve activities like bribery, influence peddling, embezzlement, and fraud as well as practices that are legal in many countries, such as…

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Corruption

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related to Further reading · 77
Corruption → Aktualnye Problemy Ekonomiki, America's, American, American Historical Review, Anke, Anticorruption, Arnold, Bribe-taking, Butscher, Center, Chance, Chicago Press, China, Cohen, Concepts, Contemporary China, Creation, Current Problems, Development Studies, Diwan
related to Anti-corruption programmes · 20
Corruption → Act, As, Based, Combating Bribery, Country Monitoring, FCPA, Foreign Public Officials, However, International Business Transactions, OECD, OECD Anti-Bribery Recommendation, OECD Convention, One, The Foreign Corrupt Practices, There, Transparency International, Unprecedented, USA, Working Group, World Bank
related to Religious organizations · 19
Corruption → Amos, Ancient Judea, Catholic Church, Fifield Jr, Gospel, In, Investiture Controversy, Isaiah, James, Jesus, Kevin, Kruse, Martin Luther, New Testament, Princeton University, Scripture, The, The Jewish, Torah
see also · 12
Corruption → Accountability InternationalCorporate, Car WashPatronagePenny, CorruptionWastaWhistleblowers, Development Berhad, GuanxiGoldman SachsHigh-trust, InvestigationFraternizationGraft, Nations Convention, Payers IndexBlue, Perceptions IndexCover-upEnronFederal Bureau, Pump, Soviet UnionSocial, United StatesMeritocracyMultinational MonitorNoble
measured by · 11
Corruption → Bribe Payers Index, CPI, GCI, Global Risk Profile, It, On, Several, The, The Corruption Perceptions Index, The Global Corruption Index, Transparency International
related to In popular culture · 11
Corruption → All, Chicago, Films, In, Mexico City, Prague, President's Men, Runaway Jury, Syriana, The Constant Gardener, The Firm
related to Systemic corruption · 11
Corruption → By, China, Chinese, Factors, Given, Historian Keith Schoppa, It, Scholars, Soviet, Specific, Systemic
related to Petty theft, grand theft, speed money, access money · 9
Corruption → According, Ang, From, Most, Political, The Unbundled Corruption Index, This, Whereas, Yuen Yuen Ang
related to Competition law · 8
Corruption → Additionally, Any, Breaking, Disclosing, Djankov, On, The, Transparency
related to Relationship to economic growth · 8
Corruption → Access, Ang, Different, Following, It, Petty, Speed, Unbundled Corruption

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Corruptionis aform of dishonesty or a crime that is undertaken by a person or an organization that is entrusted in a position of authority to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's…0.90text
Corruptionis aillegitimate use of public power to benefit a private interest0.90text
Corruptionis acomplex phenomenon and can occur on different scales0.90text
Corruptionis aabuse of public power0.90text
Corruptionis amilitary officer or officers using the power of their positions to commit activities that are illegal0.90text
Corruptionis aspecific form of police misconduct designed to obtain financial benefits0.90text
Corruptionis aAmerican Gilded Age0.90text
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government sectors.Grand corruptionGrand corruption is defined as corruption occurring at the highest levels of government in a way that requires significant subversion of the politicalinstance ofin many small places0.80text

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