Connecting your Sources

Source A: Harrison. “Corruption.”

Source B: Stevens. “How Ethical are U.S. Business Executives? A Study of Perceptions.”

Source C: Duska. “Corruption, Financial Crises, and the Financial Planner.”

Source D: Duoqi. “Implications of the Financial Crisis for China’s Information Supervision and Curbing of

Financial Corruption.”

Source E: Abou‐Moghli. “The Role of Disclosure and Transparency in Combating Financial and

Administrative Corruption: A Field Study on Jordanian Public Joint‐Stock Industrial Companies listed in

Amman Stock Market.”

Harrison seeks to clarify what corruption actually is and how it takes place, how it’s viewed, and what is being done to stop it. When compared to source B, Harrison supports the idea that a stronger

Code of Ethics is needed within businesses and a well‐organised and thorough anti‐corruption agency must be present within developed and developing countries. Both support ideas that corruption does have an emotional and psychological impact on families and societies around the world, especially poor ones. Harrison and Stevens both include research from the Corruption Perception Index which details how society views a large variety of professions within their respective countries. Harrison also writes that even though corruption is made known, our perceptions have little to no effect on its action.

Stevens however, believes that once our perceptions are strong enough, that can allow us to act upon those perceptions and use actions to combat corruption. The more we know about corruption, the more we can do to stop it.

Looking at Duska’s article, it is more specific than Harrison’s article. He focuses on the United

States and the 2008 financial crisis. Elements of similarity are still present between the articles. Duska writes that corporate greed plays a huge role in corruption along with other governmental and financial factors. He argues that corruption occurs when an individual, entity, or system doesn’t perform as it was intended. He even goes as far as saying that the current lobbying system for small and big companies within the United States is the cause of the corruption within the financial and governmental sectors. A slight difference in his definition as compared to Harrison. She is more concerned about the different types of corruption and ways of defining them as well as how we should view them.

Duoqi’s articles gives us additional insight to the financial corruption world phenomenon. He examines China’s financial market rather than the U.S.’s like from previous articles. Similarly to

Harrison, Duoqi looks at what companies are doing to prevent corruption at the financial level. He goes into great detail about what procedures are being used to combat corruption. Both source D and source

E indicate that information is the key to stopping corruption. Abou‐Moghli, source E, highly recognizes information disclosure and transparency within all operations of business as a necessity in preventing corruption. Harrison shows argument that supports these claims because most of the financial crises in the U.S. have been caused by false records, inadequate auditing, and corporate lies and greed. Source D and E agree that more supervision is required within all aspects of government and business.

Harrison’s article does a good job of providing general information on the topic of corruption. She highlights what happens when corruption within financial and governmental sectors occurs. This information allows the reader to develop an understanding about what corruption and how it is applied to the other sources. The sources B-E providing additional information concerning corruption which can be put into perspective with the help of Source A.

When introducing my sources to each other, I would introduce Source A first because all of them have at least one thing in common with A. B is a little more focused and well-defined. He pays attention to detail and likes to make sure everything is properly organized. Source D and E are a little more eccentric than the first two. Both sources provide supporting information from other cultures and regions of the world. Lastly, Source C will be introduced because he knows exactly who he is. He is very specific and analytical along with being very intelligent.