| Definition of Fraud and Corruption |
| DIMENSIONS OF CORRUPTION
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Corruption takes various forms in the public service and elsewhere in
society.The following are examples of different types of corruption. |
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Bribery
Bribery involves the promise, offering or giving of a benefit that
improperly affects the actions or decisions of public servants.This
benefit may accrue to the public servant, another person or an entity.
A variation of this manifestation occurs where a political party or
government is offered, promised or given a benefit that improperly
affects the actions or decisions of the political party or government.
Example: A traffic officer accepts a cash payment in order not to
issue a speed fine. |
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Embezzlement
This involves theft of resources by persons entrusted with the
authority and control of such resources. Example: Hospital staff that
steal medicine and in turn sell this to private pharmacists.
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Fraud
This involves actions or behaviour by a public servant or other
person or entity that fools others into providing a benefit that would
not normally accrue to the public servant, or other persons or entity.Example: A public servant that registers a fictitious employee in
order to collect the salary of that fictitious employee. |
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Extortion
This involves coercing a person or entity to provide a benefit to a
public servant, another person or an entity in exchange for acting (or
failing to act) in a particular manner. Example: A public health
official threatens to close a restaurant on the basis of fabricated
health transgressions unless the owner provides the public health
official with regular meals. |
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