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Trends in Security Information
The HSD Trendmonitor is designed to provide access to relevant content on various subjects in the safety and security domain, to identify relevant developments and to connect knowledge and organisations. The safety and security domain encompasses a vast number of subjects. Four relevant taxonomies (type of threat or opportunity, victim, source of threat and domain of application) have been constructed in order to visualize all of these subjects. The taxonomies and related category descriptions have been carefully composed according to other taxonomies, European and international standards and our own expertise.
In order to identify safety and security related trends, relevant reports and HSD news articles are continuously scanned, analysed and classified by hand according to the four taxonomies. This results in a wide array of observations, which we call ‘Trend Snippets’. Multiple Trend Snippets combined can provide insights into safety and security trends. The size of the circles shows the relative weight of the topic, the filters can be used to further select the most relevant content for you. If you have an addition, question or remark, drop us a line at info@securitydelta.nl.
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Corruption
Corruption is the act by which a trusted individual abuses his/her power for their own personal gain. Corruption can take on many forms, such as taking briberies or money in exchange for favours, misusing public money and providing jobs to people in their inner circle (friends/family). Other forms include theft, fraud, extortion, blackmail, favoritism and clientelism. Corruption is often linked with the concept of moral hazard, in which an individual increases its own risk behaviour, when it is known to that individual that the penalties of their behaviour are non-existent or low. This means that individuals weigh the pros and cons of their behaviour before committing corruption.
Corruption can both take place on all levels (individual to the state level). State level corruption is usually regarded as political corruption whereby government officials abuse their power for own private gain or repressing political opponents. In essence it can occur anywhere and in all sectors: in businesses, government, media and courts, and involve anyone: such as government officials, lawyers and individuals from civil society. In order to counter corruption, structures such as anti-bribery management systems are in place. These systems implement controls that will increase the chance of detecting bribery and corruption in the first place.
Related keywords: systemic corruption, bribes taking, widespread corruption, nepotism, embezzlement
Corruption is the act by which a trusted individual abuses his/her power for their own personal gain. Corruption can take on many forms, such as taking briberies or money in exchange for favours, misusing public money and providing jobs to people in their inner circle (friends/family). Other forms include theft, fraud, extortion, blackmail, favoritism and clientelism. Corruption is often linked with the concept of moral hazard, in which an individual increases its own risk behaviour, when it is known to that individual that the penalties of their behaviour are non-existent or low. This means that individuals weigh the pros and cons of their behaviour before committing corruption.
Corruption can both take place on all levels (individual to the state level). State level corruption is usually regarded as political corruption whereby government officials abuse their power for own private gain or repressing political opponents. In essence it can occur anywhere and in all sectors: in businesses, government, media and courts, and involve anyone: such as government officials, lawyers and individuals from civil society. In order to counter corruption, structures such as anti-bribery management systems are in place. These systems implement controls that will increase the chance of detecting bribery and corruption in the first place.
Related keywords: systemic corruption, bribes taking, widespread corruption, nepotism, embezzlement
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