...Within any establishment there is always chance for corruption. Not only prison staff, whose main goal is the reformation an inmate convicted of criminal wrongdoing, are immune. Correctional officer corruption can happen in many different type of methods might be smuggling, sexual favors for inmates, or wrongdoing of inmates. There are a different reasons of motivators or for correctional officers to become involved in this illegal acts. Corruption is a repeated hap in prisons in the nation and around the globe. The reason behind this is that jail/prison atmosphere provide for the variety of people with lost rights and people with power, plus not strict monitoring. This creates the likely possible corruption. This situations takes place under the certain circumstances. Once the wrong-doing is caught, a sort of correction process happens and wrongs are fixed. For this reason, the primary step in a promising plan to fix corruption from prisons/jails would be a strict monitoring and video tape all activities inside the prison/jail, and to give full access of operations to reliable media sources....
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...“minor infractions”) to help maintain submission by the other inmates to the “major” rules and regulations in place within the prison. Oftentimes, as noted by Stinchcomb and Fox (1999), the toleration exhibited by guards and the assistance generated by those inmates taking advantage of the guards’ generosity, is nothing more than a structure of unofficial concessions that may...
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...punishment for breaking the law in the United States is incarceration. The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reports that at the end of 2010, there were 2,266,800 adults incarcerated in the U.S. federal and state prisons, and county jails (Prisoner Statistics, 2012). When one adds the reported 493,100 corrections staff working inside the prison or jail, the total number of people interacting on a daily basis in this closed society creates conditions where corruption at some level is likely to occur (Bureau, 2012). Research suggests corruption of correction officers, also known as detention officers, or guards is a serious issue that should be continually addressed by facility management because it occurs for many reasons and takes on many forms that can pervert the justice system. This paper will explain some main forms of corruption, give outrageous examples of documented corruption, and spell out why, given the ethics expected of the profession, corruption must be continually addressed and prevented. The first step for criminals is finding the officer with a mindset that can be corrupted. Low to median pay scales for these officers and an increase in offenders affiliated with the gang element of society has increased the potential for corruption related manipulation of prison staff (Diaz, 2009). “Corrections and law enforcement work by its very nature involves the...potential for gradual deterioration of social-moral inhibitions and perceived sense of permissibility for deviant...
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...website stated that in order to have the discussion about police ethnics, the word integrity must be defined. Integrity is the sum of virtues required to bring about the general goals of protections and service to the public. The author, Rich Martin stated that the major cause of police corruption is mediocrity. It is the leadership’s responsibility to maintain a high level of conduct within a department to prevent the mediocre. He states that some reasons for the corruption is the work that police do. It is measured in results. Therefore, the officers will find ways to complete these tasks and some choose to cut corners or violate the law and not even consider it being unethical. (Martin, 2011) A report made by the National Police Misconduct reported in their Semi-Annual that there were 2, 854 law enforcement officers alleged to have engaged in misconduct. It also stated that there were 207 law enforcement leaders’ police chiefs or sheriffs that were cited in those reports. It included how many civilians that were involved in the law enforcement officer misconduct. It concluded that there were 2, 568 victims of reported police misconduct. (Packman, 2009) An example of police corruption in the United States happened in Missouri. An officer is accused of having sex with two women in exchange for not arresting them. The officer, Jeffrey Holmes visited a motel room to meet with a prostitute. The woman, identified as CC told investigators that once they reached the room, he...
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...positive and negatives effects of the internet. The internet has changed humanity no doubt about it. Some people might use it to learn new things that will positively further their knowledge, while others choose to commit frowned upon acts, and corrupt themselves. Pornographic material easily accessible to any curious child or teen with internet access can lead them down the path of corruption. Pornographic material and similar explicit content available on the internet tend to degrade humanity. Almost any song or movie you can think of can easily be pirated from the internet, making protecting copyright almost impossible. Albert Einstein once said “I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots”, this quote is so precise, and it scares me. The internet is a great place for one to learn how to write an essay, but also the perfect place for someone to plagiarize someone else’s. Plagiarism and pirating copyrighted material cause very negative outcomes, this could ruin one’s reputation, or even worst, get them locked up in federal prison with 500,000 dollars bail (Pirating). P2P sharing sites like thepiratesbay, and kissasstorrents have successfully been taken down by the CIA, they are slowly cracking down on such websites while they remain lenient on the pornography websites corrupting our youth. With pornography being easily accessible and only a couple clicks away, an addicted user will see it as a new pack of cigarettes...
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...Prison system corruption along with criminal justice corruption continues to occur to this day. Stephen King and Bryan Stevenson discuss in their book and movie, the corruption of both prison systems and the criminal justice system as a whole. Their book or movie only differ in discussion about corruption, due to the time the book was written or the time the movie was based on. Corrupt leaders is one of the many topics of Stephen and Bryan Stevenson cover in their book or movie. For example, in Shawshank Redemption, the warden uses Andy, a prisoner, to accomplish his banking needs in 1940. This allows the warden to hide his dirty flow of cash from state employees. The warden even goes to the extreme, and gets an eyewitness of the real confession of the murderer of Andy’s wife and lover. This example can be closely related to an arrest made in Just Mercy. Furthermore, Walter McMillian, an African American was arrested in...
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...the corruption and unethical behavior in corporations. It is said that the only way to succeed in business is engaging in unethical behavior, although numerous corporations such as IKEA, Reebok, and Google, have prospered without resorting to these practices. In combating these corrupt practices, America and Britain are leading worldwide efforts to give corporations the idea that they will be best served to forgo the short-term benefits of corruption and focus on building a morally righteous business to prosper in the long run. Although America’s Department of Justice, is investigating over 150 companies, there is little sign of this “corruption eruption” is dying down. Corporations started doing this because the chances of being caught were small, while the rewards for going against the grain were big and immediate. Bribery isn’t necessary nor is it effective in the long run. IKEA is one of the many corporations to not conduct unethical business practices and to go to great lengths to fight interval corruption and even fight in different countries. The “efficient grease” hypothesis, of bribery speeding up the snail pace of bureaucracy, is believed to dismiss entire countries as corrupt, when in fact these countries have laws against this concept and combat against it. This hypothesis has actually been found to slow down the negotiations with bureaucrats, giving these officials an incentive to haggle over regulations. Once giving into the temptation of corruption, it actually...
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...Health care services in India are facing different challenges from inadequate finance and poor management to inequity in terms of quality and access (Ramani-Mavalankar, 2006). However, corruption is that underlying problem, which if not tackled, would prevent from resolving all other kinds of difficulties (Potter, 2003). Therefore, in this essay I have endeavoured to understand the forms in which corruption is prevalent in Indian Healthcare Services. Along with this, I have also tried to suggest certain measures which would help tackle corruption. The former president of Medical Council of India, Mr.Ketan Desai has been charged with corruption both the times he has been elected for the post. Despite his removal in 2001 following the charges, he was re-elected by the Government of India in 2009 (Pandya 2009). Thereafter in 2011 Mr Desai was arrested by the CBI for accepting a highly culpable amount of bribe from two medical colleges seeking recognition. (Chauhan, 2011). Mr Desai justifies the definition of corruption by Transparency International, as the result of misused powers to benefit personally instead of doing public welfare (Vian, 2007). Moreover, this definition would be appropriate for the Government of India who elected a person with history of fraud to be the president of the central health governing body of the nation. Health sector, in any nation, is a vast network involving different participants at each stage ( Hussmann,2011). Therefore it becomes difficult...
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...The 2 Sides of Power Sam Pinsky Patrick Halpenny Wednesday November 13th, 2013 ENG4U Power is a very vague terminology. Power is like a disease, very epidemics. Power can be a success or a failure, depending on the individual. Power in the right hands creates justice. Power in the wrong hands creates injustices. It corrupts human feelings and converts friends into enemies, therefore having power in the wrong hands succeeds in persuading one, using the power in a cruel and oppressive way. In the novel "Kindred", written by Octavia Butler, the novel presents revolving themes like power corruption of emotion, friendship and racism.Most of the times possessing the power can destroy the freedom of others. Power corrupts human feelings. Whenever an individual achieves the power, one becomes a different person. Rufus, the main character in the novel, possessed the power after his father's death. He became very possessive, even to Dana. The first time when Rufus met Dana he had a good reputation and liked her very much. Later on as he became mature and powerful his friendship to Dana changed to possessive love. He became very jealous of Kevin and was eager to kill him. Whenever Dana asked if he had received a response from Kevin, he would deny it. That did not last long, she soon found out that Rufus betrayed her. ->quote This shows that power can corrupt human emotions entirely. Power can turn allies into enemies. Friendship can last...
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... “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely”(Lord Acton,1887) Power is something only the right person should have, it could turn into an absolute mess if it's not handled correctly. Having power means others look up to you, and you could change the way they see things. This effect a person has on someone could cause dangerous events. It can also cause something really good. Meaning the outcome of having power could be either positive or negative. A person could easily abuse power and think that people won’t retaliate. The book “Animal Farm” by George Orwell is a great example of how power can be abused. Mr.Jones, the owner of Manor Farm is an alcoholic who doesn’t treat his animals right. He sees it as he can do whatever he wants and nothing will happen.The animals decide take the power into their own hands. They are sick and tired of Mr.Jones treating them unfairly so they decide to start a revolution. In the book Mr.Jones comes back to the farm to try and take it back. The animals don't let him, they are in power now because Mr.Jones was abusing his. This shows how Mr.Jones using his power to hurt the animals turns into a negative thing. Once Mr.Jones loses his power and it turns over to Snowball. Snowball is a pig who decides to use his power to make the environment of the farm better for the animals. He sees this revolution as an opportunity to make things right. He starts getting the animals to be able to provide for themselves...
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...Internal Analysis Report Report No: 2408-1 Request: Simulation of EEPROM corruption Requester: Ann Portia Yturiaga Dinglasan <Ann.Dinglasan@finisar.com> Sample Module Submitted: FTLF1318P2BTL Date: August 16th, 2013 Prepare by: Chew Yoon Kit ------------------------------------------------- Solution details After sample module finish Module testing, sample module will proceed for Label test. In Label test, sample module will proceed with standard labeling test without customization; 1. Initialize the MapDef 2. Serial number checking 3. Part number checking 4. Memory map archive which include; a. EEPROM [Table 0] b. FCC Albany [Table 0 to 33] 5. EEPROM check with reference file 6. FCC table check with reference file Sample module will proceed to Custom Label test which test include; 1. Initialize the MapDef 2. Serial number checking Later sample module will proceed to Barcode test which test include; 1. Initialize the MapDef 2. Serial number checking 3. Part number checking Suspected area which may corrupt EEPROM; 1. Serial number checking 2. Part number checking 3. Memory map archive 4. EEPROM checking *Note: Not likely will corrupt EEPROM since it’s just only read access the EEPROM only* ------------------------------------------------- Strategy [I] Simulate 20,000 cycles of continuous read and compare; 1. Serial number checking 2. Part number checking ...
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...Branch. It can be used for both hard projects, such as buildings and roads, and soft projects, such as scholarships and medical expenses. We are not speaking about 100pesos amount of money or 1000pesos, we are speaking about millions and billions of money here, so, don’t be amaze if the persons holding this big amount of money tend to be a greedy one. I will give you some reasons why pork barrel should be abolish, the People of the Philippines cannot monitor what happens to their money, we cannot monitor if our money really goes to where it should be, if it really used for the convenient of the many or by few only, we cannot monitor what really happens to our money. Another reason is that this pork barrel system can easily be used for corruption, in the means of allocating millions of pesos for a road or building projects but instead of using competent materials they used sub-standards ones so that they can filch some of the money allocated for the project. Another reasons is the congress can manipulated the money and make it disappear little by little until its gone, then they will make some report that they used it to make road projects, medical projects and other projects. Pork barrel is a system that allows persons in position to be corrupt. For me I can say it is like a virus that when you are in this system you’re likely to be a corrupted one if your immune system is weak. I can compare pork barrel to a fire, it may light up a house or it may burn the house, it is in the...
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...How Are Power and Corruption Related? by Sebastian Sandoval "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." – Lord John Dalberg-Acton Macbeth and Lord of the Flies depict power and corruption. However in Macbeth's case it is his fear of being forgotten that leads to his ambitions for power and in turn corrupts him. In Lord of the Flies we see Jack's ambition to become chief corrupt him into doing whatever it takes to achieve that position. Both works seem to coincide with Hobbes theory that "man is naturally savage" and that savagery combined with the notion of power can only lead to one thing, corruption. In this essay the relationship between power and corruption will be explored through the lens of three texts: Macbeth by William Shakespeare (1623), Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1954), and Of Man, Being the First Part of Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes (1651). Let us begin with The Tragedy of Macbeth. Throughout the play, we see Macbeth change from a noble and brave soldier into a shadow of his former self. In the beginning we see an internal struggle with the decision to kill King Duncan. This is most clearly depicted in act I when Macbeth says, "We will proceed no further in this business. He hath honored me of late,"(1.7. 28-30 ). It is after the murder of Duncan that we begin to notice a sinister change. Macbeth begins to murder anyone who has or could get in his way even his friend Banquo. In act 3 Macbeth's plan is first revealed in his conversation...
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...Corruption and Bribery April 29, 2015 Abstract In this paper, I will be writing about corruption and bribery. I will define the terms and go on to explain the regulations that have been put in place to stop corruption and bribery. I will then go on to give examples of major corruption and bribery scandals that companies have recently been in and what has been done to punish said companies for their crime. Intro Corruption is defined in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people (such as government officials or police officers), the act of corrupting someone or something, and something that has been changed from its original form”. (Merriam-Webster) Bribery is defined as “something valuable (such as money) that is given in order to get someone to do something”. (Merriam-Webster). A bribe can be from person to person, company to company, or even country to country and it is considered a crime in most parts of the world. Many would agree that there is a lot of bribery and corruption in modern day politics as well as International companies, but I will not be going into that for it is another huge topic. “Bribery and corruption are major obstacles to socio-economic development and distort national and international economic relations.” (IBE) This corruption is seen as an unfair advantage for companies with a lot of money to throw away to get what they want and is considered very unethical in the eyes...
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...“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”-John Acton. I believe with too much power people begin to believe that they are better than other humans. Power is a tool used to make choices. But, it doesn't always corrupt someone. Although, power increases the chance of corruption. A great example of a man with too much power is Kim Jong-Il, the dictator of North Korea who was in power from 1994 to 2011. Kim Jong-Il has done many bad things with his power, such as putting thousands of people including children in imprisoned labor camps. They were appointed to imprison labor camps due to the acts he considered to be a crime which was hoarding food, and being an anti-socialist. Inside of the imprisonment labor camps the imprisoned...
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