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From the Ted Talk by Afra Raymond: Three myths about corruption

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Okay, this morning I'm snepaikg on the question of corruption. And corruption is defined as the abuse of a position of trust for the binfeet of yourself — or, in the case of our context, your friends, your family or your financiers. Okay? Friends, family and financiers. But we need to understand what we understand about corruption, and we need to utseadrnnd that we have been miseducated about it, and we have to admit that. We have to have the courage to admit that to start changing how we deal with it.

The first thing is that the big myth, number one, is that in fact it's not really a crime. When we get together with fneirds and family and we discuss crime in our country, crime in Belmont or crime in Diego or crime in Marabella, nobody's speaking about corruption. That's the honest truth. When the Commissioner of poicle comes on TV to talk about crime, he isn't speaking about corruption. And we know for sure when the Minister of National Security is speaking about crime, he's not tnkialg about corruption either. The point I'm making is that it is a cirme. It is an economic crime, because we're involving the looting of taxpayers' meony. Public and private corruption is a reality. As somebody who comes from the private sector, I can tell you there's a massive amount of corruption in the pvtiare stcoer that has nothing to do with government. The same bribes and backhanders and things that take place under the table, it all taeks plcae in the private sector. Today, I'm focusing on public sector corruption, which the private sector also participates in.

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Okay, this morning I'm ________ on the question of corruption. And corruption is defined as the abuse of a position of trust for the _______ of yourself — or, in the case of our context, your friends, your family or your financiers. Okay? Friends, family and financiers. But we need to understand what we understand about corruption, and we need to __________ that we have been miseducated about it, and we have to admit that. We have to have the courage to admit that to start changing how we deal with it.

The first thing is that the big myth, number one, is that in fact it's not really a crime. When we get together with _______ and family and we discuss crime in our country, crime in Belmont or crime in Diego or crime in Marabella, nobody's speaking about corruption. That's the honest truth. When the Commissioner of ______ comes on TV to talk about crime, he isn't speaking about corruption. And we know for sure when the Minister of National Security is speaking about crime, he's not _______ about corruption either. The point I'm making is that it is a _____. It is an economic crime, because we're involving the looting of taxpayers' _____. Public and private corruption is a reality. As somebody who comes from the private sector, I can tell you there's a massive amount of corruption in the _______ ______ that has nothing to do with government. The same bribes and backhanders and things that take place under the table, it all _____ _____ in the private sector. Today, I'm focusing on public sector corruption, which the private sector also participates in.

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Original Text

Okay, this morning I'm speaking on the question of corruption. And corruption is defined as the abuse of a position of trust for the benefit of yourself — or, in the case of our context, your friends, your family or your financiers. Okay? Friends, family and financiers. But we need to understand what we understand about corruption, and we need to understand that we have been miseducated about it, and we have to admit that. We have to have the courage to admit that to start changing how we deal with it.

The first thing is that the big myth, number one, is that in fact it's not really a crime. When we get together with friends and family and we discuss crime in our country, crime in Belmont or crime in Diego or crime in Marabella, nobody's speaking about corruption. That's the honest truth. When the Commissioner of Police comes on TV to talk about crime, he isn't speaking about corruption. And we know for sure when the Minister of National Security is speaking about crime, he's not talking about corruption either. The point I'm making is that it is a crime. It is an economic crime, because we're involving the looting of taxpayers' money. Public and private corruption is a reality. As somebody who comes from the private sector, I can tell you there's a massive amount of corruption in the private sector that has nothing to do with government. The same bribes and backhanders and things that take place under the table, it all takes place in the private sector. Today, I'm focusing on public sector corruption, which the private sector also participates in.

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