POLS 3440 Lecture Notes - Canada Steamship Lines, Sponsorship Scandal, Sinclair Stevens

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3440
• Professor: Geoff Stevens

Document Summary

After completing this unit, you should be able to: define the primary terms and concepts used in the study of corruption, scandal and political ethics. Lecture assess the importance of ethical principles in a democratic society recognize the differences between corruption and scandal. In the first week, you should make yourselves familiar through the readings with the definition of terms and the concepts of corruption, scandal and political ethics. Let"s get started by reviewing some of the terms you will encounter as you explore the many forms of corruption. Fraud the theft of money, goods or services by a person in a position of public trust. Bribery offering or accepting illegal payment of money, goods or services in exchange for favours rendered or promised. Influence-peddling accepting an advantage or non-monetary benefit in exchange for a favour. Lying deliberately misleading the public, as in the reasons given by u. s. presidents to justify the wars in vietnam and iraq.