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Link to my final project- @http://prezi.com/fz9y7u46af_t/government-corruption/ This is a prezi about government corruption

Expert Contact: Professor Jack Wright, Ohio State University, Political Science department

-Do you know of a specific President or other high leader who has received illegal monies from a corruption? If so, what happened? Richard Nixon extorted money from corporations in exchange for political favors. You can read about it in connection with the Watergate scandal. More recently, Representative Bob Ney of Ohio went to prison for accepting money illegally.

-What is the most a company can pay a government official? The U.S. House and Senate have their own rules about accepting gifts. You can find these at @http://ethics.house.gov/. Also, there are campaign finance rules. You can find these at @http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/fecfeca.shtml

- What are some examples of government corruption today? Would you know of one specific example I could research further? The best recent example is the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal.

- What actions are taken if a government official is corrupt? Do you know of any specific laws or measures that are put in place to stop corruption? See above.

- Are there agencies that try to control government corruption and if so what are their names? Yes, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Election Commission, the U.S. House on Ethics, and the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics. = = =** My Citations **=

Wright, Jack. "Government Corruption." Message to Drew Hardin. 2/7/12. E-mail.

Ebeling, Richard. "Global Corruption and the Role of Government."//http://www.nassauinstitute.org/articles/article736.php?view=print//. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Feb 2012.

Abramoff, Jack. Interview. CBS News, Nov 6, 2011. Web.

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Helpful Websites

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http://www.pogo.org

@http://www.ccel.org/g/gibbon/decline/volume1/chap3.htm

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People You can contact: @http://polisci.osu.edu/directory.htm Just remember that their area code for the phone is (614)

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My facts No real way to choose the next emperor- the praetorian guard ended up choosing the next emperor which made the army mad.

Many assassinations of emperors

Political corruption often happens with close relationship between the government and businesses that work with the government, in ancient Rome’s case people close to the government

Emperor Commudus was a corrupt leader who put himself into the gladiator ring

Government officials were excepting bribes all throughout the entire roman republic and empire

After Caligula died the Roman Senate attempted to bring back the senate which did not work

The government was dishonest and violent, before Christianity was legal Christians were killed and then Rome also had emperors like Nero and Caligula and Commudus

The Praetorian Guard gained complete authority to choose the new emperor, who rewarded the guard who then became more influential, perpetuating the cycle. Then in 186 A. D. the army strangled the new emperor, the practice began of selling the throne to the highest bidder. This contributed to the overall weaknesses, decline and fall of the empire.

The government of Rome eventually changed as did the citizens opinion on dictatorship. The Senate became corrupt with many Patricians being easily bribed by people like smugglers and other people.

To get elected, some people are buying votes. The plebes were quite happy to sell their votes to the highest bidder, under this system, many people are elected who are poor governors. Graft and corruption are rampant.

The Roman Republic tried to control government corruption by setting a limit on how much a senate member can receive as a gift. The amount was 100 gold coins

Modern Day Government corruption

If the president were to be dishonest he would get impeached or thrown out of office and lose your power

Example: The U.S. sent billions of dollars of bailout money to the Caymen islands

Some ways the U.S. government can be corrupt is by trying to provoke a war, allowing criminals to train at military bases, and having secretive groups

People are corrupt not buy accepting bribes but campaign money and passing laws in favor of those who gave money

Corrupt worker- Charles B Rangel guilty on 11 charges of house of ethics commitee.(He was having an affair)

Joe Wilson- During a mojor telvised speech he said "You lie" when Barack Obama said no illegal immigrants would NOT be accepted.

In the U.S. we have agencies like POGO which watch the government so nothing corrupt or dishonest happens We have a house of ethics committee which has set laws about how much a gift can be and how much campaign money a business can be as well as what social events they can ggo to