When we think of corruption, we automatically associate the word with a state of rotting affairs, events pernicious to our health and / or the state of our countries. Conjuring up such mental images is a natural reaction, as historically the term was first associated with the decay in moral standards; only later did it assume a legal connotation. Its conspicuity in the media is a relatively recent feature, however. Since the mid-1990s, corruption has become a regular feature of front pages and television reports throughout the 'free' developing world, as well as a regular topic of conversation in many industrialised nations.
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