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Ethics Codes & Reform February 8, 2012

Institutional Corruption Conference II: Definition and Diagnosis

Lawrence Lessig, who heads the Safra Center and hosted the event, started by defining institutional corruption as: A situation where influences within an economy of influence tend to weaken the effectiveness of an institution, especially by weakening public trust of the institution. This is an acad…
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