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A focus upon how these three giants of European literature represent a particular aspect of their cultural and social contexts would lead to insights, not only into their societies, but into how artists manipulate contextual material for their own aesthetic or critical purposes. Examining their treatment of the theme of social corruption in three representative texts, we will see that all three writers were engaged/removed to different degrees with regard to their social contexts. This paper will argue that, of the three writers, the Florentine Dante is the most directly engaged with the theme of corruption in his society. 8 pgs. 12 f/c. 4b.

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Since the late 1700s, literature has progressively moved from the private to the public domain. As writers became less dependent on patronage and started making a living selling directly to the public, their rhetoric began to reflect the changing attitudes of the public. Recognizing the mass appeal of their work, authors began writing for the purpose of illustrating a problem in the society that needed to be addressed. Although the style of writing differed during the Romantic, Victorian and Modern periods, there remained a static interest in the corruptibility of innocence. Mary Shelley, Charles Dickens, and William Yeats each wrote on the notion of innocence, but the manner in which innocence is corrupted in their works is directly related to the new ideas and problems of the society in which they lived.

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"Clearly, Frankenstein allowed his emotions to take control of his actions. A logical person would not leave a helpless creation to fend for itself. Also, Frankenstein was so overjoyed when he discovered that the monster had fled his house during his absence that he completely abandons the logical notion: "if the monster's not here, it's out there." The creature, as a result of being left alone, exemplifies the importance Shelley places on the environment's ability to shape one's personality and to corrupt one's innocence."

Tags:frankenstein, modernism, oliver, twist

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Political corruption seems to be a way of life and the politicians' main sport in Louisiana. The state has had a history of elected and appointed officials who have either flown very close to the edges of what is legal and ethical and what is not, or have been shot down in full corrupted flight when caught with their hands once too often in the public till.

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In this article, the writer notes that a good person, as commonly defined, is someone who can correctly establish the difference between right and wrong. The writer discusses that in Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" and "Good Country People" the understanding of this term is challenged. Both stories revolve around the characters' lack of sympathy and compassion for anyone. The writer discusses that O'Connor strives to destroy the traditional conception of good and replace it with a more realistic view of the human moral compass by showing the selfish tendencies in each character. The writer concludes that essentially, O'Connor shows the audience that the characters in these stories are relatable to people that exist in society today. The reader is thus forced to wonder if the idea of "good" is even a possibility in today's society.

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" Lack of conscience, or at the very least lack of moral value, is displayed prominently in both of O'Connor's works to challenge ideas of "good" people. For instance, traditionally grandmothers are thought to be sweet, elderly women who bring peppermints in their purse and never forget a birthday. In "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" the grandmother comes face-to-face with a cold-blooded killer as her family is being taken out to the woods and shot to death. Not only does she solely bargain for her own life, but she seems to be ambivalent to the fact that her kin are being slaughtered like cattle. Likewise, Joy of "Good Country People" aims to rob a young salesman of his strong morals for her own entertainment, but is double-crossed when he turns the tables on her in the end. Secondary characters further flesh out the destruction of the reader's understanding of a normal person's moral values (or lack thereof). Both of these works effectively show the depraved values of human kind, but do so in separate manners, together better proving O'Connor's conception of good."

Tags:right, wrong, moral, values, selfish

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This paper looks at the corruption and integrity levels in the world's most corrupt and least corrupt countries as indicated by the corruption index published annually by Transparency International. The paper compares the corruption and integrity trends in these countries, the influence of business ethics and culture on the corruption and integrity trends in the said countries and major ethical problems in both sets of countries. This paper then focuses on the issues and actions that favor the most ethical countries, actions that can be taken to decrease corruption in the most corrupt country and finally the paper analyzes how the United States the home country of the author compares to the most and least corrupt country.

Tags:corruption, law

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This paper reviews and discusses political corruption. The paper uses the 2005 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) as a guide to the world's most corrupt nations. According to the paper, the country believed to be the most corrupt nation of all, is Haiti. The paper also examines the issues surrounding political corruption in Norway and goes on to review the solvency in each nation and its relationship / linkage to political corruption.

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"NORWAY: Norway is ranked #8 on the CPI, behind Iceland, Finland, Denmark, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland. The CIA World Factbook records that in the 1960s, Norway discovered oil and gas in its offshore waters, which was a welcome addition to its list of plentiful natural resources (iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, titanium, pyrites, nickel, fish, timber and hydropower). Whereas in Haiti natural disasters come in the form of powerful hurricanes, in Norway there are far less destructive "rockslides" and "avalanches," the CIA explains. Also, as far as trade, Norway has the advantage of being "adjacent to sea lanes and air routes" in the North Atlantic region. "

Tags:Transparency, International, Corruption, Perceptions, Index, (CPI), politics, foreign, investment

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The paper discusses how corruption is an old as bureaucracy itself, and the police forces of various countries are no exception. However, the paper relates that from the late 1960s to the present, the problem of police corruption in the United States has both gotten worse and gone underground. This paper explores three reasons for the increasing tempo and intensity of police corruption: the increasing power of organized crime (particularly in the world of drugs), declining police budgets, and the emergence and strengthening of a culture of corruption. The conclusion is that corruption is no longer an episodic anomaly but an ingrained part of the environment in which policing itself takes place.

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"This paper relates how police corruption, although as old as the institution of civil protection, has taken on new urgency thanks to the increasing power of organized crime, declining police budgets, and the emergence of a culture of corruptibility. Corruption is an old as bureaucracy itself, and the police forces of various countries are no exception. However, from the late 1960s to the present, the problem of police corruption in the United States has both gotten worse and gone underground. This paper explores three reasons for..."

Tags:police, corruption, louisiana

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This paper examines police corruption and its root causes, recruitment, training, resources and supervision. Other theories of corruption are explored as well, including the temptation for the abuse of the wide latitude of discretion that is afforded to the law enforcement community. The two types of corruption monetary and police criminal activity are reviewed including examples of both from several of the more infamous police scandals. The changes that have occurred in corruption from the past to the modern error of domestic terror threats are discussed. Finally, potential solutions to the problem of police corruption are analyzed.

Tags:police, corruption, causes

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In this article the writer examines the subject of corruption in China. The writer demonstrates that corruption can be shown as a structural issue. The writer suggests corruption arose due to the transition at the time of the reform into the new China. The writer notes that the contradictions inherent in this transition can be seen to have been the causes of the corruption that now runs rampant in China. Further, the writer claims that the extent of the corruption problem in China is reflected by the enormous economic disparities that are emerging.

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"It is widely acknowledged, both within China and outside of it, that corruption is rampant in China. This is often perceived as primarily a cultural or moral issue. However, it can be shown that corruption is a structural issue. It has emerged because of the reform-era transition from the old China to the new China."

Tags:china, corruption, structural

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This paper presents a brief discussion of political corruption and its corrosive effects upon three nations: Canada, the United States and Mexico. The paper looks at the background situation in each land as well as the impact of corruption upon each. Finally, the paper also offers some possible solutions that might allow each nation to escape from under the cloud of political corruption and dishonesty. In the end, it emphasises that a corrupt political system ultimately means a dangerously dysfunctional democratic one.

Tags:political, corruption, solutions