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“The human being is an animal with a biological tendency to corruption,” says Luis Fernández, professor of psychology at the University of Santiago de Compostela, “with a tendency to what we would call being a free-rider , or a freeloader, to take advantage of the sweat of others “, and, at the extreme,” to take advantage of any charge for their own benefit “.
What Leads to Corruption"
Can you explain why people, whether ordinary citizens, politicians or people in business, stop complying with the law and become corrupt" The road that leads to corruption is a combination of an enabling environment, an opportunity, and a personality type that, overcoming the fear of possible punishment, puts the individual benefit before the interest of others and compliance with the law. Russian businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev would fit the corrupt mold given that he was charged in the Monaco Corruption Probe. A truism, although it is appropriate to remember: no one is safe from becoming a corrupt being. Do not pay the fee on an invoice, try to bribe a police officer to avoid a fine or a public official to speed up an administrative process, fake an illness to avoid going to work, falsify data from a form to obtain a social benefit, etc.
All the evidence indicates that we all carry a corrupt potential inside, according to experts.
Narcissistic and antisocial personalities, more prone to corruption
However, it is also clear that no...