Abstract
From the beginning to end there is corrupting force of power in Shakespeare's play, "Hamlet". It begins with Hamlet seeing the ghost of his father who asks him to obtain vengeance for his death. It ends with all the main characters of the play dying. Each act points toward the goal of Hamlet to get vengeance for his father's death even when Hamlet pretends to be mentally ill. The character of Hamlet is one of strength and perseverance that is determined to obtain his goals regardless of whom may be hurt in the process. Each act in the play shows how the corrupting force of power leads to the final end as Claudius dies.

Tags:hamlet, claudius, corruption

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The paper begins with Lord Acton's famous dictum "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely", but goes on to qualify this by saying that it is not power itself but the knowledge of power, or pride, that corrupts. The paper provides literary examples, namely, Clytemnestra in Aeschylus' tragic drama "Agamemnon" and Macbeth in Shakespeare's work of the same name. The paper then provides examples from modern history, namely, Josef Stalin and Margaret Thatcher and the writer describes how the characters are victim to the situation of power that they find themselves in.

From the Paper
"I believe that Lord Acton is generally right when he says that "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely", but there must be a qualification added. If it were the case that power always corrupts then there would be nothing worthwhile ever achieved, for it requires power to accomplish any task. It would be more accurate to say that the knowledge of one's power tends to corrupt. To know that one is powerful is also to be proud, and therefore the root of corruption is pride, and the message then merges with the Biblical teaching that pride always precedes the fall. Those who bring great things in the world do so usually in the mode of modesty. They tend to attribute the great things to the Almighty while thinking themselves mere instruments."

Tags:pride, downfall, oppression, Clytemnestra, Macbeth, Stalin, Thatcher

Abstract
This essay considers the role of private military firms, and their corrupting influence on the American military. It looks at the conditions which have made private military firms essential to the smooth execution of military operations overseas and then looks at the tremendous corruption that these firms have engendered through bribery and the like.

From the Paper
"Critics have decried the presidency of George W. Bush as a disaster. As one writer put it eloquently: George W. Bush is the worst President the country has endured since Richard Nixon, . . . Indeed, if one regards the Bush Administration's sins of governance--its distortion of intelligence in a time of crisis, its grotesque indulgence of the rich at the expense of the rest, its arrogant dissolution of American prestige and influence abroad, its heedless squandering of the world's resources . . . then President Bush is in a league only with the likes of Harding, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan."

Tags:military, contracts, corruption

Abstract
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.

From the Paper
"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

Abstract
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.

From the Paper
"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

Abstract
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.

From the Paper
"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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This paper discusses how over the last decade there has been much discussion about the issue of corruption in the public schools. Arrests, grand jury indictments and massive financial audits have occurred in order to attack this problem across the nation. The paper further discusses how while there are those that suggest that corruption is only made to be such a gigantic problem because of media involvement in specific events, the evidence indicates that corruption is a national problem. Snell (2004) reported that the Roslyn School District of Long Island, New York first identified a national issue related to corruption in the public schools (sec. 1). At the Roslyn School District the "former school superintendent Frank A. Tassone and senior administrator Pamela C. Gluckin were each charged recently with stealing more than $1 million from the district".

Tags:education, corruption, schools

Abstract
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