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OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Misuse of personal authority for political purposes

Misuse of personal authority for political purposes

Nature

Misuse of personal authority for political purposes is for a person in government service to use his authority to discharge, promote or degrade, or to threaten to do these things, to secure political contributions, activities or votes from public servants.

Broader

Unethical practices in politics
Excellent
Unethical practices of public service employees
Presentable
Abuse of authority
Presentable
Violation of political processes
Unpresentable

Narrower

Abusive distribution of political patronage
Presentable
Patronizing of other communities
Yet to rate

Value

Cross-purposes
Yet to rate
Authority
Yet to rate
Abuse
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Government » Authorities
  • Government » Political
  • Societal problems » Maltreatment
    • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E4635
    DOCID
    11546350
    D7NID
    140895
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020