But the degree and character of corruption under Ben Ali had become much worse during the last years of his rule, after the family of his wife, Leila Trabelsi, muscled into power.
This hypothesis asserts the causal character of corruption.
Among the themes that are documented, sometimes dramatically but often through bland military reports, are the seemingly casual killing of civilians away from combat situations, night raids by special forces that are often based on bad intelligence, the absence of legal constraints on the abuses of Afghan police, and the deeply rooted character of corruption among Afghan officials.
Critics applauded the courage her character displayed in the face of corruption and broken, magnolia-scented dreams.
Both the writer and his troublemaking character are seasoned ironists, expert connoisseurs of corruption.
Here we need to distinguish between a corrupt action that has no effect on an institutional process or on another person, but which contributes to the corruption of the character of the would-be corruptor; and a non-corrupt action which is a mere expression of a corrupt moral character but which has no corrupting effect either on the agent or on anyone or anything else.
By Susan B. Glasser By Carolyn Kormann By Ian Crouch In a valedictory act of patriotism, morality, and public service, the senator from Arizona has clarified his principles, reviewed his mistakes, and called out the low character and corruptions of Donald Trump.
By Jelani Cobb In a valedictory act of patriotism, morality, and public service, the senator from Arizona has clarified his principles, reviewed his mistakes, and called out the low character and corruptions of Donald Trump.
Keller is not so much a character as a vector, a direction through the unspooling mess of corruption, betrayal, and butchery that harrowed Mexico between 2004 and 2012.
Nevertheless, it is plausible that corruption in general, including institutional corruption, typically involves the despoiling of the moral character of persons and in particular, in the case of institutional corruption, the despoiling of the moral character of institutional role occupants qua institutional role occupants.
Some critics praised the author for his complex characters and attention to detail; others condemned him for his many depictions of corruption and greed.
