To the contrary, they are protected speech under the First Amendment. The contributions that fund those campaigns are not illegal, or even unethical. Members of Congress run privately financed campaigns. (An “economy of influence” rather than the simpler “system of influence” to emphasize the reciprocal character of such influence, often requiring little or no direct coordination.)Ĭongress is a paradigm case. It instead describes an influence, financial or otherwise, within an economy of influence, that weakens the effectiveness of an institution, especially by weakening public trust in that institution. This is not the problem of Rod Blagojevich, or, more generally, of bad souls acting badly.
Institutional corruption does not refer to the knowing violation of any law or ethical rule.
That series launched a five-year research project to understand and help to remedy the problem of “institutional corruption.” Over the course of this year, Boston Review has published four essays drawn from a lecture series at Harvard University.
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