Corporations, Washington; Mr. Burton Alva Konkle of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Professor John L. Lowes, Washington University, St. Louis; Mr. Perry Belmont, Washington; Mr. Frank Parker Stockbridge, of the Times-Star, Cincinnati; and finally to Professor Frederick Charles Hicks, the writer's friend and colleague in the faculty of the University of Cincinnati. Credit must also be given for many novel points of view developed in class room discussion by students of Swarthmore College and the University of Cincinnati. The members of the graduate seminar in political science at the latter institution have been particularly helpful in this way. To one of them, Mr. Nathan Tovio Isaacs, of Cincinnati, the author is indebted for a most painstaking reading of the whole MS., on the basis of which many valuable criticisms of major as well as minor importance were made. To the members of the City Clubs of Philadelphia and Cincinnati, the writer also returns most cordial thanks for the various pleasant occasions which they afforded him of presenting his views in papers read before these bodies. While there was some smoke and at times a little heat in the resulting discussions, there were also many flashes of inspiration emanating from the political experience and the high unselfish ideals of the membership of the clubs. In appropriating valuable suggestions from so many sources and with such scant recognition, the writer trusts that his treatment of political corruption may nevertheless escape the charge of literary corruption. UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, CONTENTS Introduction:-Corruption not defensible on the ground of the strength and prevalence of temptation That corruption makes business good Corrupt concessions to legitimate business . That corruption may be more than compensated for by the high efficiency otherwise of those who en- That corruption saves us from mob rule. That corruption is part of an evolutionary process the ends of which are presumed to be so beneficent as to more than atone for the existing evils attrib- Conclusion: The probable future development of corrup- ΙΟ point of view of ethics, political science, etc. Analysis of the concept of corruption Corruption not limited to politics. Exists in business, Various degrees of clearness of political duties Legal and other standards The radical view . Various degrees and kinds of advantages Rewards and threats Degree of personal interest involved. Corruption for the benefit of party Summary . Recent changes in the forms of municipal corruption Limitation of corruption in amount Contractual character of most corruption Prudential considerations restraining corruptionists IV. CORRUPTION IN THE PROFESSIONS, Forms of corruption not commonly recognised as such; General classification of recognised forms of corruption Defilement of the sources of public instruction . Difficulty of defining and regulating corruption in this Corruption in journalism: an extreme view; limitations Corruption in higher education Growing influence of colleges and universities The struggle for endowments and resulting bad prac- The teaching of economic, political, and social doc- Summary Effect of consolidation in business Necessity of further reform efforts |