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Andrew Wedeman
Corruption is often defined as the use of public authority for private gain. In this conception, corruption is a political pathology because it involves government officials and politicians. Official corruption does not, however, occur in a vacuum. On the contrary, corruption often involves exchanges between officials and private citizens. In some cases, corrupt transactions may involve extortion, with officials demanding bribes in return for services or as a way of allowing the other party to escape negative consequences. In other cases, private parties may initiate corrupt transactions, offering bribes in hopes of obtaining illicit gains. In this regard, it is critically important to recognize that corruption involves the abuse of authority delegated to an agent by a principal. Corruption can thus exist independently of public authority. Herein, the author focus on business-to-business corruption in China. While often overshadowed by official corruption, business-to-business corruption is widespread in China and is legally on par with private-to- public and public-to-public corruption.
