That is most certainly not what the study means. If you were going to extrapolate, you might be able to get away with corruption is basic rich people behavior, but even that is going way further than what the study is actually saying.
>That is most certainly not what the study means. If you were going to extrapolate, you might be able to get away with corruption is basic rich people behavior, but even that is going way further than what the study is actually saying.
Corruption is incredibly widespread globally across all demographics. It tends to show up the least in WEIRD places, and be most obvious in poorer countries, but it's everywhere and every level of society.
I'm not the OP, but to me the world "corruption" is a blanket term used to refer to the apparent or actual distortion of a system for personal gain.
Thus corruption can be found on any system, no matter the scale, and regardless of the shape and form of the gain that may be attained.
This definition implies that hypothetical cases such as a college professor using his right to park free of charge on campus to store his car collection, or a secretary using the company's printer to print out fliers, might surprise people who believe that corruption is the fruit of sinister morally and ethically empty sociopaths who are super wealthy and very powerful.
That is most certainly not what the study means. If you were going to extrapolate, you might be able to get away with corruption is basic rich people behavior, but even that is going way further than what the study is actually saying.