# kaal:claim:3782192-011

**Claim.** Corruption is defined as a minority subgroup collecting the power or wealth of an organization for its own benefit at the expense of the larger group.

**Type.** definitional  **Support.** asserted

**Source quote.**

> Corruption happens when a minority subgroup collects the power or wealth of an or- ganization for its own benefit at the expense of the larger group.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Introduction to Decentralization* (2021), Overview & Introduction: The process of organizational development, page 4

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Introduction to Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782192

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `e7eafd56cb8a8bd15b64cf58216bb655f939bdcc296387e362fd9191976d67ae` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20Introduction%20to%20Decentralization.pdf

**Topics.** governance-design

**Keywords.** corruption, definition, rent-seeking, governance

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