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Ebook has 606 lines and 78110 words, and 13 pages
General classification of recognised forms of corruption 116
Defilement of the sources of public instruction 117
Difficulty of defining and regulating corruption in this sphere 118
Professional codes of ethics 119
Corruption in journalism: an extreme view; limitations 121
Corruption in higher education 132
Growing influence of colleges and universities 133
Higher education and public opinion 134
Personal responsibility of the teacher 136
The struggle for endowments and resulting bad practices 137
The teaching of economic, political, and social doctrines in colleges and universities 139
Summary 156
Corruption in business 161
Effect of consolidation in business 163
Effect of state regulation in transforming character of business corruption 165
Necessity of further reform efforts 167
Classification of forms of political corruption 169
Political corruption resulting from state regulation of business 171
New forms of state regulation; other means of strengthening the position of government 174
The state as seller; difficulties and safeguards 179
Work of the Bureau of Municipal Research 184
Vice and crime in their relation to corrupt politics 186
Methods of repression 188
Methods of overcoming tax dodging 195
Auto-corruption, and its effects upon party prestige 199
Corruption in relation to political control the basis of all other forms of political corruption 201
Summary 208
Party functions in the United States 213
Neglect of the sources of party support 217
Campaign contributions as a part of the problem 220
Payment of campaign expenses by the state 221
Publicity of campaign contributions 229
State laws requiring publicity 229
Congressional publicity bill of 1908 230
Voluntary publicity in the presidential campaign of 1908; results 233
Publicity before or after election 236
Special information of candidates before election 239
Publicity as applied to political organisations other than campaign committees 241
Prohibition or limitation of campaign contributions from certain sources 244
Prohibition of corporate contributions 244
Partnerships, labour unions, clubs, etc. 247
Contributions by candidates 248
Contributions by civil service employees 256
Limiting the amount of individual contributions 258
Effect of smaller campaign funds on political affairs 259
Time limits of large contributions 262
Geographical limits upon the use of campaign funds 263
Effect of campaign fund reform on business interests in their relation to government 264
Limitation of campaign gifts of services 267
Extension of campaign contribution reforms to state and local elections 268
To primary and convention campaigns 270
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