Abstract
The framework of institutional corruption provides a method for an investigation of an institution to proceed step by step. First, identify the institution’s public mission, that is, its obligation to serve the public good. Next, identify the “economies of influence” that are present and may corrupt the institution. Then document the institution’s “corrupt” behaviors. At that point, seek to understand the harm done to society by the corruption. This step, which can be quite difficult, provides a moment to pause and reflect, for the harm done may go beyond what is immediately visible, and instead reach deep into our collective lives.
Institutional corruption, which is usually built into the routines and practices of organizations, is usually more damaging to the institution and society than individual corruption, which in advanced societies typically consists of isolated acts of misconduct with effects limited in time and scope.
—Dennis F. Thompson, 20131
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Whitaker, R., Cosgrove, L. (2015). A Society Harmed. In: Psychiatry Under the Influence. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137516022_9
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