01532pab a2200169 454500008004000000100001500040245003200055260000900087300001200096362001200108520106900120650001501189773002801204909001001232999001701242952010301259180718b2001   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aLobo, F.L.  aThe innocence of corruption  c2001  ap.65-73  aJan-Jun  aCorruption is consciously taking advantage of one's special position, power or wealth for personal gain.  It is spreading because there is ignorance and absence of adequate knowledge on the subject and how to correct and control it.  Added to this is the innocence of the believers in the infallibility of the legal, political, bureaucratic and other social systems.  They become the victims of the exploiters of the system who know the system weaknesses and how to take advantage of it for their personal gain.  There are two levels of corruption - the grand corruption of those in power and the petty corruption of the lower levels.  Corruption is a malady affecting both affluent and poor nations, while affluent nations do not exhibit much evidence of petty corruption, poor nations are subject to the effects of both grand and petty corruption from within their own borders and the effects of the grand corruption by the affluent.  Social systems, value education, spiritual learning and character building are necessary to eradicate this cancer. - Reproduced  aCorruption  aJournal of Human Values  a49448  c49448d49448  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 7, Issue no: 1pAR49876r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR