<![CDATA[RealClearPolitics - Articles by Brian Koenig]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/?id=22123Author <![CDATA[The Corporatist Culture of Corruption]]> Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600 Transparency International, a non-governmental anti-corruption organization in Berlin, classifies Russia as one of the most corrupt nations in the world. The organization defines corruption explicitly: "The abuse of entrusted power for private gain." Transparency International's 2010 Corruption Perception Index, an assessment administrated by independent institutions on corruption in the public sector, ranked Russia 154th out of 178 nations, below Iran, Kenya, Cambodia, and Pakistan. The CPI measures corruption in the following way:

The surveys and assessments used to compile the index include questions relating to bribery of public officials, kickbacks in public procurement,...]]>