POLS 3440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Influence Peddling, Cronyism, Representative Democracy
23 Jul 2015
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There are several major difficulties in attempting to define "corruption. " First, the term refers to several distinct bur related problems. "corruption" as it is defined in the official laws of nations, "corruption" as it affects the public, and. "corruption" as it is defined by public opinion. Corruption is "behavior which deviates from the normal duties of a public role because of private-regarding (family, close private clique) pecuniary or status gains: or violates rules against the exercise of certain types of private-regarding influence. Bribery - use of rewards to pervert the judgment of a person in a position of trust. Nepotism - bestowal of patronage by reason of ascriptive relationship rather than merit. Misappropriation - illegal appropriation of public resources for private-regarding uses. Corruption only involves the behavior of an official in his or her public role. Kenneth gibbons suggests a number of actions which some people may label abuse of office:
