The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publishes a Summary of Ethics Rules. One of its statements is “Employees shall not use public office for private gain.” Some countries view using public office for private gain to be corruption; to others, it may be the status quo.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 200 words:

~Research definitions of the term “corruption.”

~State your opinion on using public office for private gain (is it right or wrong?), and state to which classical ethical theory your outlook aligns.