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> […] in order to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's personal gain. There was no personal gain nor illicit benefits gained by the civil servants

> […] in order to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's personal gain. There was no personal gain nor illicit benefits gained by the civil servants responsible. For something to be corruption, the perpetrator has to gain something.

edejong 5y ago
Would a promotion (or not losing your job) count as a gain?
- zambal 5y ago
  It might be a gain, but that doesn't make it corruption.
- rocqua 5y ago
  I'd say no to keeping your job, and yes to a promotion only if it is accelerated.
StreamBright 5y ago
You think that they did this because they are purely evil? I think they had to gain something. Maybe the gain was less work.