Political corruption

The tragedy of the commons is a situation in which a publicly owned resource is exploited to such an extent that the resource is ruined. This means that users of the resource can no longer benefit from it. A uniform idea in the tragedy of the commons is that each person does not weigh the effect of their exploitation of the resource enough, resulting in the resource being over-exploited and eventually being destroyed. Cooperation, motives, and end results are three different focuses which…

In his novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, renowned author Mark Twain satirically conveys his disappointment in the corruption of society by revealing how greed leads to the self-destructive behavior of men. Throughout this novel, a young Southern boy, Huck, and his companion, Jim, encounters many people who were affected by greed. Greed, for money or power, can alter and make people do peculiar things to achieve their goal. Twain utilizes satirical elements such as mockery, absurdity,…

What Dystopia is Made of Dystopia is a dehumanized society, where they appear to be a utopia but everything has gone wrong. The Greek prefix ‘dys’ means ‘ill’ or ‘bad’ therefore “dystopia” means a “bad place” where it’s made of poverty, illness and darkness. A dystopian country usually has a totalitarian government, where there is a small group of people ruling and they think of themselves higher than anyone else. A typical dystopia country are overpopulated, therefore creates problems in the…

Chapter three of “Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice” we focused on what is ethical and moral. However now there is a transition from chapter three on to chapter four where now it is explored why a human may or may not be ethical or what may cause someone to transfer from good to evil. Though to be specific we are looking for the light in criminal justice professionals to guarantee they act ethically. As said by Pollock, “Philosophers, religious scholars, biologists, psychologist…

Corruption is probably one of the main obstacles when trying to control organized crime. First there is law enforcement corruption, in which organized crime groups make deals with an officer of the law. Even one of the most honest police officers can fall prey to corruption. Next is the corruption that involves alliances with people of high respect. The alliance between the respectable's and organized…

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…

politically motivated actions. First and foremost, President Jackson abused his powers of the executive branch by further unlawfully expanding it to his political interests. An infamous example was his…

that people have. Corporations shouldn’t be treated as people because people may start claiming the rights that corporations have, corporations wouldn’t get punished fairly for crimes, and they would be able to give limitless amounts of money to political campaigns and candidates. People would try to claim the same rights that corporations have. Since corporations don’t pay taxes, people wouldn’t want to…

Napoleon does not seem to be satisfied with what he has. Instead, he secures his authoritative figure and the pigs’ position so that the pigs are placed at a more superior level to the others. For example, his decision of building a schoolroom exclusively for educating the pigs, not only differentiates the pigs from the labouring classes, but more importantly, it is a clear illustration of Napoleon’s thirst for power due to his intention to indoctrinate the young pigs on how ideal a leader he is…

due to: Kleptocratic rule Under the kleptocratic rule of French-backed dictator Didier Ratsiraka, government officials stole millions of dollars in funds ear-marked for aid and development activities. More generally, corruption is extremely costly to developing economies. Corruption breeds poorly performing economies by discouraging private sector development, scaring off foreign investors, undermining government credibility, and impeding poverty alleviation. The kleptocrats believe that they…