Government Corruption

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In many countries, few politicians have enough integrity to resist corruption and bribery. Because such practices are so prevalent, officials often evade any personal sense of guilt by pretending that everyone is just as corrupt as they are. Even in cases of really grotesque corruption, the kind that right cause a scandal in a less-corrupt government, the general population may not be shocked. Instead, they may cynically conclude that government corruption is natural and unavoidable. In this environment, the efforts of an honest politician to unmask corruption may be eroded by the public’s lack of interest, causing any efforts at reform to fail.

Yilmaz, L. S., & Zwier, L. J., (2005). In, Government Corruption, (pp142-145). 400 must-have words for the TOEFL. New York, NY: The McGraw-Hill Companies.