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Verbal Operants of Corruption: A Study of Avoidance in Corruption Behavior
Behavior and Social Issues
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Verbal Operants of Corruption: A Study of Avoidance in Corruption Behavior
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Agbota, Tete Kobla
Sandaker, Ingunn Ree, Gunnar |
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Behavior Analysis
avoidance; corruption; Ghana, corruption; metaphors, disguised mands, positive reinforcement |
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| Description |
Corruption is illegal and universally shameful. Persons who engage in corrupt practices tend to be discreet. This study offers an analysis of metaphors in corruption language based on positive and avoidance contingencies of reinforcement. Our data show that parties to corrupt practices use expressions that accentuate this discreet behavior, whether demanding or offering bribes. Our findings indicate that corruption language can be topographically similar to other verbal utterances, but functionally different when understood in context. Both officials and clients use metaphors to avoid prosecution and social embarrassment. The verbal behavior of the public servant is positively reinforced because he gets a bribe, and the verbal behavior of the client is positively reinforced because he/she receives service or favorable answer to application promptly. However, the payment of money denotes punishment.
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University of Illinois at Chicago Library
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2015-11-13
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article |
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application/pdf
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https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/bsi/article/view/5864
10.5210/bsi.v24i0.5864 |
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Behavior and Social Issues; Vol 24 (2015); 141-163
1064-9506 |
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eng
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https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/bsi/article/view/5864/5143
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