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    Crime and Corruption

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    the realization that “All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely” is completely valid. The movie “Serpico” demonstrates that the merit system and an outside agency are necessary to prevent systemic corruption within the Justice System. Systemic corruption appears to be facilitated‚ encouraged and protected by the “code of silence”. For example‚ officers are taught by fellow officers how to use the authority given to them to advance the sub-culture of crime. This fact is

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    Political Corruption

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    Corruption (By: Muhammad Attique Shah Turabi) * Introduction Definition of corruption: “Misuse of the power for private or personal gain or for other unfair means”. “Dishonest or illegal behavior of the people especially of the people in authority”. By every definition corruption means the violations of the laws of land and social norms and it is Root cause of all ills in Pakistan. Corruption is connected with bribery; it will be useful to define it‚ too. The word bribe literally stands for

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    Eradication of Corruption

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    To eradicate corruption we require individuals who are incorruptible and‚ undoubtedly‚ what produces such individuals is spirituality. There is a saying that violence begins in the mind. This is true also of corruption: corruption begins in the mind. If we can alter our thinking‚ we can safely say that we shall have eradicated corruption by at least 50 per cent. What changes the heart and mind for the better is spirituality. When an airplane takes off‚ it leaves behind everything and reaches a higher

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    Corruption in Morocco

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    When Morocco will divorce with corruption like Qatar Ranked 80 out of 182 country‚ Morocco is at the margin compared to some Arab country like United Arab Emirates 28 (Spain 31)‚ Qatar ranked 22 (France 25‚ USA 24). When we see than all the Scandinavian country are all in the top 10‚ because they share the same believe same culture and same ethics concerning business. Whereas‚ the majority of Arab country have the same common believe‚ ethics principal‚ culture (Hosted rank them as one entity)

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    Corruption in India

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    So how many of you know what is corruption? And position at which India stands in corruption? Well‚ India stands at 2nd position after China in corruption. So to define corruption in bookish terms is dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power. Corruption is spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal. Corruption may include many activities including bribery and embezzlement. Government‚ or ’political’‚ corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts

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    Speech on Corruption

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    Corruption Greetings and good-after noon to all of you. My speech today will address the topiccorruption and especially political corruption. Everything in this era revolves around the decisionsmade by powerful people in society‚ particularly governmental people and politicians and many of them resort to misuse power for personal gains such as money‚ luxuries or even more power. Thismeans that corruption could make you gain a lot but it also means that you deprive certain people of a lot. This is

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    Corruption In Sports

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    Corruption has been a well known problem of sport and it has touched a lot of walks of sport life. Many people say that these days corruption in sports has escalated and although they see same solutions of this problem it stills very difficult to combat. Our society is well informed about corruption in sports. People from teenagers to the elderly‚ men and women know that corruption in sports exists. A survey of seventeen people conducted at SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary‚ Orchard Lake‚ in September

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    Graft and Corruption

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    platitudes to the outside world. Corruption In philosophical‚ theological‚ or moral discussions‚ corruption is spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal. Corruption may include many activities including bribery and embezzlement. Government‚ or ’political’‚ corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts in an official capacity for his or her own personal gain. This article deals with the commonplace use of the term corruption to mean dishonest or fraudulent

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    Police Corruption

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    informed discretion in all activities. Combination of power‚ authority‚ and discretion in police work produces great potential for abuse. Police corruption has been a problem in American society since the early days of policing. An ancient natural tendency of human beings is to attempt to placate or win over those in positions of authority over them. This tendency is complicated in today’s materialistic society by greed and by the personal and financial benefit to be derived from evading

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    Corruption in India

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    Corruption in India. As the reverend Mahatma would have said that‚ the throng must have promised to do the same. Today‚ the same sentence but with “not” being superfluous‚ is agreeable. Recent time is witnessing a sharp fall in the values and morals of human beings. Evincing the very fact‚ India has been ranked 94th by Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. Corruption is the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. The former U.N. Secretary General‚ Kofi Annan said‚” Corruption

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