Corruption

Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense 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 lobbying. Political corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts in an official capacity for personal gain.

market in which goods or services are traded illegally

country ranking by public sector corruption

organization

annual event of the UN on 9.12.

clandestine form of government of a state, operated through networks of covert power groups

trading of a public company's securities by individuals based on material, nonpublic information about the company

sociological concept used to describe a setting in which rape is pervasive and normalized due to societal attitudes about gender and sexuality

collusion to secretly predetermine the outcome of a sports match

Anti-corruption treaty

Cronyism is awarding positions, jobs, contracts, loans, privileges, or advantages to friends or colleagues. It is used especially in politics, when referring to partiality between politicians and businesses. A person who supports or partakes in cronyism is referred to as a crony, cronie, or cronyist.

thumb|Protester holding Adbusters' Corporate American flag at the [[Second inauguration of George W. Bush in Washington, D.C.]] Corporatocracy or corpocracy is an economic, political and judicial system controlled or influenced by business corporations or corporate interests.

deceptive practice in the stock or commodities markets that induces investors to make purchase or sale decisions on the basis of false information

person who has been entrusted with a prominent public function

fund used to buffer illegitimate or corrupt income and expenditures

extortion scheme

Neopatrimonialism is a system of social hierarchy where patrons use state resources to secure the loyalty of clients in the general population. It is an informal patron–client relationship that can reach from very high up in state structures down to individuals in small villages.

pattern of favoring members of one's in-group over out-group members

person or company profiteering from war or conflict

form of electoral fraud

Pay-to-play (P2P), sometimes called pay-for-play, is situation in which money is exchanged for services or the privilege to engage in certain activities. The common denominator of all forms of pay-to-play is that one must pay to "get in the game", with the sports analogy frequently arising.

investigation produced by Michael J. Garcia

portraying a corporation as ignoring social responsibility

paid position for which no attendance is actually expected, granted as a form of corruption

Field of study

circumstances where financial market investors have been unreasonably disadvantaged by insider dealing or market manipulation