POLS 3440 Chapter Notes - Chapter Week 1 Article: Embezzlement, Nepotism, Organized Crime
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Corruption and related public problems: government investigation and prosecution agencies may have the responsibility to deal with all of them together, and they may occur together, but they have different causes and different solutions. The first problem is corruption by public officials: Business corruption, fraud, theft, abuse, error and waste: probably the most frequent activity under this category concerns business corruption or. Embezzlement" or corruption"; private citizens or corporations, however, which intentionally use deception to take excessive or unauthorized government benefits or contracts from the treasury are committing fraud. Definitions of corruption: legal, public interest, and public opinion criteria: James c. scott, corruption, we would all agree, involves a deviation from certain standards of behaviour. The first question which arises is, what criteria shall we use to establish those standards?". Grey corruption indicates that some elements, usually elites, may want to see the action punished, others not, and the majority may well be ambivalent.