Institutional Corruption: A Study in Applied Philosophy

by Seumas Miller

In this book, Seumas Miller develops distinctive philosophical analyses of corruption, collective responsibility and integrity systems, and applies them to cases in both the public and the private sectors. Using numerous well-known examples of institutional corruption, he explores a variety of actual and potential anti-corruption measures. The result is a wide-ranging, theoretically sophisticated and empirically informed work on institutional corruption and how to combat it. Part I defines the key concepts of corruption, power, collective responsibility, bribery, abuse of authority and nepotism; Part II discusses anti-corruption and integrity systems, corruption investigations and whistle-blowing; and Part III focuses on corruption and anti-corruption in specific institutional settings, namely policing, finance, business and government. Integrating theory with practical approaches, this book will be important for those interested in the philosophy and ethics of corruption as well as for those who work to combat it.

Genres: Philosophy

331 pages, Paperback

Published July 11, 2019

Reviews

[Andrew Spencer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had interesting philosophical theories, but most of the value was in the introduction. I kept reading the book because it promised interesting analysis, but it did not deliver. The analysis throughout the book generally did little to add to the theories establish in the introduction. The book is important for those theories, but I wouldn't read the entire thing.