In The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture, popular author and text critic Bart D. Ehrman argues that the Adoptionist Theology may date back almost to the time of Jesus and his view is shared by many other scholars.

Corruption is not seen as an obstacle to foreign direct investment.

) " Blue Monday " is now included on the 2008 collector's edition of Power, Corruption & Lies.

Peru is the 72nd least corrupt country in the world according to Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index.

Corruption ( or principal-agent issues ) in a state-run corporation affects the ongoing asset stream and company performance, whereas any corruption that may occur during the privatization process is a one-time event and does not affect ongoing cash flow or performance of the company.

Transparency International in its annual Corruption Perceptions Index for 2010 gave Saudi Arabia a score of 4. 7 ( on a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 is " highly corrupt " and 10 is " highly clean ").

The Super Star Destroyer Eclipse is the reborn Emperor Palpatine's flagship in the Dark Empire comic series, and it also appears in the Forces of Corruption expansion for Star Wars: Empire at War.

World map of the 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International, which measures " the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians ".

Corruption may facilitate criminal enterprise such as drug trafficking, money laundering, and human trafficking, though is not restricted to these activities.

Corruption is not specific to poor, developing, or transition countries.

A working definition of corruption is also provided as follows in article 3 of the Civil Law Convention on Corruption ( ETS 174 ): For the purpose of this Convention, " corruption " means requesting, offering, giving or accepting, directly or indirectly, a bribe or any other undue advantage or prospect thereof, which distorts the proper performance of any duty or behavior required of the recipient of the bribe, the undue advantage or the prospect thereof.

Where lobbying is ( sufficiently ) regulated, it becomes possible to provide for a distinctive criteria and to consider that trading in influence involves the use of " improper influence ", as in article 12 of the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption ( ETS 173 ) of the Council of Europe.

The peak to its north is Mount Scopus, at 826 m, while the peak to its south is the Mount of Corruption, at 747.

The biblical designation Mount of Corruption, or in Hebrew Har HaMashchit ( I Kings 11: 7 – 8 ), derives from the idol worship there, begun by King Solomon building altars to the gods of his Moabite and Ammonite wives on the southern peak, " on the mountain which is before ( east of ) Jerusalem " ( Kings I 11: 17 ), just outside the limits of the holy city.

As of 2011, Fogg is president of " Bigots with Badges ", and executive director of CARCLE ( Congress Against Racism and Corruption in Law Enforcement ), and is also associated with Law Enforcement Against Prohibition ( LEAP ), a drug law reform organization of law enforcement officers.

" Rwanda " is a stutter-step anthem of sympathy for a devastated country ; " Corruption " has an atonal power-chord progression and headlong tempo that Minor Threat would have killed for ; and " Blackhawk Down " is built on a ridiculously catchy descending bassline and a distinctly Oi !- flavored singalong chorus.

Apart from the poem Petra, Burgon's most notable works for which he is remembered today are The Revision Revised which was a critique of the then-new Revised Version of the Bible ( 1881 ), The Last Twelve Verses of Mark, The Traditional Text, and Causes of Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels.

Power, Corruption & Lies is the second studio album by New Order, released in May 1983 on Factory Recordings.

Saville also used it on Section 25's album From the Hip, which is in many ways aligned stylistically with Power, Corruption & Lies and produced partly by New Order's Bernard Sumner.

Power, Corruption & Lies was generally well received on its release, and is still well-regarded.

The Global Corruption Report uses various sources of information including experts and activists, as well as up to date research, in order to bring to the fore the recent developments in corruption.

Corruption and a dysfunctional judicial system disrupt the development of Equatorial Guinea's economy and society.

The development and growth of internet infrastructure has been particularly slow in Lebanon due to Corruption and allegations of a sector Monopoly.

Corruption poses a serious development challenge.

* In 2010, France was listed 14th on the UN Human Development Index with 0. 872 ( very high human development ) and 25th on the Corruption Perceptions Index.

The shortcomings of the Kibaki presidency include the president's not so stellar performance in the areas of political reform ; constitutional reform ; containment of Corruption in Kenya ; addressing the fundamental problem of the country's wealth, income and development inequalities ; eliminating tribalism, and fostering national unity and cohesion ; reduction of youth unemployment and crime ; and facilitating generational change-as elaborated below.

The 2005 Global Corruption Report focused on how corruption in the construction sector and post-conflict reconstruction undermines economic development.

In their book, Corruption in Cuba, Sergio Diaz-Briquets and Jorge F. Pérez-López state that while corruption existed before Fidel

Another election promise realised by the new Government was to create the Independent Commission Against Corruption ( ICAC ) capable of investigating allegations of corruption and graft against the government and within the state.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption ( ICAC ), an independent agency of the Government of New South Wales, is responsible for minimising corrupt activities and enhancing the integrity of the public administration in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Corruption in the region, however, has evolved from passive low-level bribing to the direct involvement of state institutions and senior government officials.

As early Napalm Death albums were not widely distributed in the United States, American groups tended to take inspiration from later works, such as Harmony Corruption.

In the 1990s, initiatives were taken at an international level ( in particular by the European Community, the Council of Europe, the OECD ) to put a ban on corruption: in 1996, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, for instance, adopted a comprehensive Programme of Action against Corruption and, subsequently, issued a series of anti-corruption standard-setting instruments:

Further conventions were adopted at the regional level under the aegis of the Organization of American States ( OAS or OEA ), the African Union, and in 2003, at the universal level under that of the United Nations Convention against Corruption.

Corruption and incompetence were endemic, with some officers “ raising it almost to an art form ”.

Corruption allegations and court proceedings were started against Wattoo by archrival and then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of the PML-N, Mian Manzoor Wattoo was sentenced by an accountability court to more than 10 years in prison besides being fined 10 million rupees only later to be set aside by a higher court.

Corruption seems also to have played a major role ; many Chinese shells appear to have been filled with cement or porcelain, or were the wrong caliber and could not be fired.

However, Abdillah and his vice mayor were caught by Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission in 2008.

Corruption and embezzlement from the treasury and its inevitable exploitation were taken to extreme levels, and reached staggering proportions.

In September 2006, the FSB was shaken by a major reshuffle, which, combined with some earlier reassignments ( most remarkably, those of FSB Deputy Directors Yury Zaostrovtsev and Vladimir Anisimov in 2004 and 2005, respectively ), were widely believed to be linked to the Three Whales Corruption Scandal that had slowly unfolded since 2000.

The main issues during the election were Corruption and Development, both of which did not favour the then ruling party, BSP ( Bahujan Samaj Party ).

These actions were exacerbated when he tabled controversial amendments to the Anti Corruption Act that sought to increase the powers of the Anti Corruption Agency.

Corruption and infiltration by the security organs were also plaguing the Church.

The publication date and title of the book, Dial M for Murdoch: News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain, were released just three days before it was due to go on sale amid fears News International would try to prevent the launch.

He and his party members were also charged under Sections 120 ( b ) ( criminal conspiracy ), 167 ( public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury ), 420 ( cheating ) and 409 ( criminal breach of trust ) of the IPC, and Section 13 ( 2 ) read with 13 ( 1 )( d ) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, but no prima facie evidence was found against him and his son M K Stalin.

Clive Foss, in The Tyrants: 2500 years of Absolute Power and Corruption, estimates that 1, 500 Chileans were killed or disappeared during the Pinochet regime.

Corruption and repression reigned during his government, but the achievements in external politics were duly recognized.

Corruption in the finances of the Newark Hospital set in and worsened until reforms were put in place formally in 1330 by the Bishop of Rochester Hamo de Hethe.

Corruption and betrayal, lies, greed, affairs and scandal-all were just part of another day at the Southfork Ranch.

Some of his contributions published in Novaya Gazeta were related to the investigation of the Three Whales Corruption Scandal.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption ( ICAC ) is currently investigating whether claims developers were given inside information about land rezoning proposals put to Strathfield Council have any substance and the pictures taken by The Australian were handed to them for further investigation.

Corruption was pervasive in the Hermandad, where officials were constantly subject to local political influence, and the system was largely ineffective outside the major towns and cities.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption ( ICAC ) is currently investigating whether claims developers were given inside information about land rezoning proposals put to Strathfield Council have any substance and the pictures taken by The Australian were handed to them for further investigation.