Corruption is hardly a recent development in the city and state that were widely identified as the locale of Edwin O'Connor's novel, `` The Last Hurrah ''.

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.

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.

In particular the third installment, Corruption features specific elements of this play, including Shan.

In 2006 Transparency International ranked the Democratic Republic of the Congo 156 out of 163 countries in the Corruption Perception Index, tying Bangladesh, Chad, and Sudan with a 2. 0 rating.

Mauritius ranks 46th out of 182 countries in Transparency International ’ s Corruption Perceptions Index for 2011, third in Africa.

In any event, many countries are obligated by various international instruments and standards, such as the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and the United Nations Convention against Corruption, and the recommendations of the FATF to enact and enforce money laundering laws in an effort to stop narcotics trafficking, international organised crime, and corruption.

In fact, Nigeria's ranking has consistently improved since 2001 ranking 147 out of 180 countries in Transparency International's 2007 Corruption Perceptions Index.

Moreover, it did nothing to reduce political corruption and inefficiency, one of the most important and oldest problems in the Argentine government ( Argentina's Corruption Perceptions Index for 1999 was 3 out of 10, ranking 71st in a survey of 99 countries ).

In 2008, Transparency International has measured the Corruption Perception Index for Estonia to be at 6. 6 ( CI 6. 2 – 6. 9 ), ranking it 27th in a list of 180 countries.

The ICAPP Special Workshop on State Subsidies for Mainstream Political Parties as a Means to Prevent Political Corruption was held in Seoul during May 23 – 25, 2008 and attended by 65 representatives from 34 major political parties in 29 countries in the region.

Ireland is one of the few countries in Europe to have enacted civil Forfeiture legislation, and despite opening the case and reducing their claim of unjust enrichment on the 17 acres of lands zoned at Carrickmines from 53 million euros downwards to 2. 6 million on the first day of the hearing, CAB officers proceeded to arrest Mr Kennedy outside the court and filing criminal charges against him days later on 16 counts of Corruption.

Transparency International's 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index, which compares countries according to the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians, ranked Singapore in joint first place with Denmark and New Zealand out of 178 countries.

The summit did, however, promise to implement 50 of the Commission's 90 recommendations including: $ 36bn of debt relief in 100 % debt cancellation delivered for 19 countries ; the launch of the UN Central Emergency Response Fund ( CERF ); doubling previous levels of aid for basic education, to remove school fees, and to scale up efforts to boost girls ’ participation and female literacy ; two million additional Africans given antiretroviral treatment for HIV / AIDS ; immunisation programmes which have stopped the transmission of polio everywhere except Nigeria ; training 20, 000 more African peacekeepers ; tightening controls on the trade in small arms ; working more closely with the African Union and its New Partnership for Africa ( Nepad ) programme to make African governments more accountable to their people ; pressing rich nations to ratify the UN Convention on Corruption ; putting in place measures to return cash looted by dictators from Western banks to the legitimate owners ; and using export credits to clamp down on Western companies who pay bribes.

In 2007 Laos was ranked on the Corruption Perception Index by Transparency International 168 out of 179 countries assessed, making it one of the most corrupt countries on the index.

Corruption by tax officials is a serious problem for the tax administration in a huge number of underdeveloped and southern European countries.

The lost commentaries include works on the De Interpretatione, Posterior Analytics, Physics, On the Heavens, On Generation and Corruption, On the Soul, and On Memory.

Corruption in the public administration and a weak judiciary have continued to be long-term problems, and the presence of organized crime remains very high.

* The Corruption of Angels: The Great Inquisition of 1245 – 1245, 2001, Mark Gregory Pegg.

Corruption of a lens can take years to " flush out " and reform, depending on the ratio of recharge to losses.

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

In 2008 Transparency International ranked Georgia 67th in its Corruption Perceptions Index, with a score of 3. 9 points out of 10 possible.

Corruption in politics was the central issue in 1884, and Cleveland's reputation as an opponent of corruption proved the Democrats ' strongest asset.

Harmony Corruption, their third full-length album, was tuned up to a D. Bolt Thrower went further, dropping 3½ steps down ( A ).

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.

The country has consistently ranked as one of the most corrupt nations according to the Corruption Perceptions Index, a measure of perceived political corruption.

Corruption and Trikoupis ' increased spending to create necessary infrastructure like the Corinth Canal overtaxed the weak Greek economy, forcing the declaration of public insolvency in 1893 and to accept the imposition of an International Financial Control authority to pay off the country's debtors.

Corruption particularly gained momentum in the 1990s, reaching to the highest levels of the political hierarchy as Suharto became the most corrupt leader according to Transparency International's corrupt leaders list.

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

These factors have contributed to a Corruption Perceptions Index of 8. 3 and a DAW Index ranking of 10 in 2012 ; the latter the highest in Europe.

In 2002, the government adopted the Prevention of Corruption Act, which led to the setting up of an Independent Commission Against Corruption ( ICAC ) a few months later.