Manifesto
on corruption
International Day Against Corruption
December 9th
In the International Association to Change The World, we have
written this Manifesto with the purpose of clarifying the nature of
corruption. We make it public on this day, December 9th, which the
United Nations has declared as the International Day Against
Corruption, in recognition that it is a serious problem that exists
in every country in the world. Tomorrow, December 10th, the
anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is
celebrated. It seems that the United Nations indicates that human
rights are the answer against corruption, because if something has
been common in any type of system of government throughout history,
that is corruption.
We can define corruption as the illegitimate use of power or as the
abuse of power. Some authors point out that it pursues a private
benefit, but this idea is too restrictive.
We can highlight the systemic corruption of the others. Systemic
corruption exists when the public sector has as a priority that a
minority takes advantage ofthe majority, for their own benefit. ...
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