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    After all of this events still FIFA has been publically reporting to the media as being one of the transparent bodies in soccer. The appointment of their own people into the different positions in their web of corruption has caused a great concern towards the soccer followers and supporters. The game cannot be called fair if any of a person who are responsible to manage and govern all of the in and out of soccer are corrupted. However, as being a soccer follower myself and been following it…

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    In the Bell California corruption scandal, this involved misappropriated funds. This was a story that hurt the citizens of Bell, California because the city officials took upon themselves to give themselves raises without the knowledge of its citizens of Bell California where there were 36,000 residents and one in four residents was below the poverty line. There were city officials who paid themselves inflated salaries of up to 100,000 dollars per year. A former powerful city manager Robert…

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    In Boo’s portrayal of Annawadi, state institutions are weak, insufficient, and often corrupted, forcing citizens to fend for themselves: relying on bribery, joining in on the corruption, or the private sector. The inability to trust the public sectors create insecurity and the inefficiency of state institutions results in a failure to provide for its citizens. The government’s attempts at poverty alleviation frequently do not reach the intended recipient. One of the book’s characters, Asha, runs…

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    Government corruption can be defined as political power used by government leaders for private gain and to maintain their power as a government official. Most of the times these corrupt politicians say they are doing their best in order to catch criminals when, in reality, they commit just as many crimes. They are able to maintain their power because most people do not vote because they think they will not make a difference and the politicians have under the table deals so people vote for them.…

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    Ignorance Enables Corruption Who is at greater fault? If a tyrant is given the power, albeit to abuse, is it his fault to utilize the power given, or the fault of those who bestow the power on them? Failure cannot be pinned on just one person, but the people involved as a whole. Therefore, by indirectly causing the collapse of one's own community, it is the community's fault for acting as catalyst to the events to come. Although unintentional, it is the passiveness and ignorance of the farm…

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    his only responsibility, he got frustrated and mad about Ralph being in charge and having so many rules and refuses to listen to anyone about anything. Jack got mad at Ralph every time he was in the wrong. Corruption is dishonest conduct by those in power. Thirst for power lead to corruption in their group because on the island everyone is required to do there jobs so everything works in the end, and if…

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    According to the Oxford dictionary, corruption is the dishonest or fraudulent act by those in power and the action and effect of making someone or something morally depraved. One of the more prominent features of Gothic Literature is the depiction of moral decay within the human mind. The concept of the Gothic genre is to question whether humans are born with corruption or it is wielded onto them, this can be seen with the contrasts between Stevenson’s ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’, the pilgrims in…

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    Political corruption is always brought up during election season and seemingly everyone has their own fix. Corruption today can be quickly discovered if one just follows the trail of dark money. Funds given to a politician from a corporation, whether in a campaign or as lobbying, is referred to as dark money by liberal politicians. Citizens United V. FEC was a supreme court case which ruled that money is speech and thus corporations can give endless sums of money to politicians under their…

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    commoners, and feed on their hard earned produce. This is the lethal power of corruption, which was also found in George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Since government corruption is a major issue in various countries, new leaders should be sincere, altruistic, and patriotic for the benefit of their nation. In order to win the war against corruption, new leaders will have to be sincere and honest. Sincere leaders are crucial for a corruption-free government, as they do not manipulate the public for…

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    suspension of public officials can occur, the consequences of loss of salary and/or benefits are non-existent, allowing for corruption to pervade their position without consequence. Corruption in the service of the public should never be acceptable practice and no public servant should be allowed to get away with a lack of ethics. Proposition 50 addresses the issue of ethical corruption derived from actions involving suspensions without financial consequences being imposed. Congressman Ian…

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