Power and corruption may be good for society Date: December 15, 2010 Source: University of Tennessee at Knoxville Summary: An evolutionary biology professor found that power and corruption may ...

“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” John Dalberg-Acton wrote that in 1887, and 136 years later Montana’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives has ...

Simpson had argued several cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including issues of eminent domain, Super PACs, and public financing laws. ... Cronyism, Corruption, and Government Power ...

Power corrupts, and absolute power leads only to better customer service ... and super-powerful corporations are coming under ever greater suspicion that your best interests are not down there on ...

Power can corrupt even the honest Date: October 1, 2014 Source: Elsevier Summary: When appointing a new leader, selectors base their choice on several factors and typically look for leaders with ...

I believe the saying "power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Nothing proves this more than all the scandals happening in Washington. The IRS abuse of power is particularly offensive.

We've all heard the adage, "power corrupts" (and the longer version, "absolute power corrupts absolutely."). We most commonly associate power and corruption with leaders—those in powerful ...

Pang says this power can endure even as rulers come and go. "In nondemocratic countries, simply removing a corrupt leader isn't enough. If the ruling party remains strong, it can contribute to ...

Yet that corruption involved a contribution to a super PAC. What the D.C. Circuit had held as a matter of law could not happen, had, according to the Justice Department, in fact happened.

Calculating the true cost of corruption on Illinois residents is a complicated task wrapped in contradiction. A WBEZ analysis shows people may be more cynical, government more expensive, but voter ...