International and National Corruption

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International and National Corruption
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1INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL CORRUPTION
Corruption refers to the misuse of the resources of public, corporate and private
corporations for personal gains. It is perceived to be one of the widespread conduct in
contemporary world (Della). However, it is spread more in certain nations as compared to the
others and it is to note that this evil of corruption is significantly practised mostly in the
developing nations. This essay is going to elaborate on reviewing the main reasons behind
corruption in the developing nations, shedding light on the recent developments and
advancements in the modern world.
Corruption has become a usual trend across the globe. There are different theories that
have tries to link the trend of corruption with historical and cultural traditions, the political
institutions and different levels of economic development and the governmental policies
(Gorsira, Denkers and Huisman). However, there is much more to take into consideration in
such arguments as the level of corruption is also prominent in the nations that have long
histories of British rule, are less developed economically and have protestant traditions. In the
last three decades, there has been a significant expansion in the ability of the people to
measure the corruption level at both the national as well as international level. According to
the reviews of the less developed nations, it has been found that corruption responds to the
standard theory of the economic incentive. With the same, there has been a robust evidences
on the influence of the strategies of corruption in such nations. According to Pierce, it is a
treacherous plague which has a wide range of volatile impacts on the societies. Along with
this, corruption is something that undermines the rule of the law and the democracy that
results in violations of the human rights, the distortion of the various different markets and
well as the erosion of life. This allows the flow of well-organised crimes, increases the level
of terrorism and hence, it ultimately threatens the security of human beings.
As per the data provided by the “Transparency International” that is leading the
universal civil society organisation that fight against the issue of corruption, it has been found