Corruption is where the integrity of a person, Government, or company is manipulated and compromised for their own personal gain.
There are two main types of corruption:
- Political corruption - dysfunction of a political system or institution in which government officials, political officials or employees seek illegitimate personal gain through actions such as bribery, extortion, cronyism, patronage and embezzlement
- Corporate corruption - e.g. where bribes are offered to agencies/institutions/individuals in order to win a contract
For more information on bribery and corruption, and what we are doing about it, see our bribery and corruption page.
