Corruption
Functional Standards Common Glossary, published by the Cabinet Office, defines corruption as: ‘The abuse of a public or private office for personal gain. The active or passive misuse of the powers of public officials, appointed or elected, for private financial or other benefits’
Articles about corruption on Designing Buildings include:
- Bid rigging / collusive tendering.
- Blacklisting.
- Bribery.
- Bribery Act 2010.
- Cartels.
- Collusion.
- Conspiracy.
- Ethics.
- Fraud.
- Embezzlement.
- Gifts, bribes and kickbacks.
- Inducement.
See also: This is why construction is so corrupt.
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