• Justice: Justice promotes fairness and diminishes the gap between the poor and the

   rich. Heavy corruption widens the gap between the poor an the rich.

• Equality: Equality means equal rights for everyone. Bribes often pervert the rights

   of the weaker who do not have the means to bribe or can not get  justice in front of  

   corrupt courts.

• Truth: one of the motivations that lead to corruption is always the fear of truth – which

    very often leads to perverting the laws and to violent actions.

• Freedom: Corruption creates an obscure tangle of independences and blackmailing

   opportunities and thus compromises political freedom in the sense of perceiving civil

   rights and duties and forestalls the respect for human rights.

• Productivity and work: Corruption replaces economic performances and achievements by theft. It distorts the market, because it does not reward achievements, but existing power structures.

• Participation: Corruption is based upon controls that contradict transparency and participation of the public. To be able to participate  in decision- making processes presupposes transparent information.

•Human rights: Corruption prevents the individual from getting his/her lawfully entitled rights, as they have to be bought separately.