Risk as a Vector of Corruption

Risk represents the intention and achievement of a goal through decision-making and the performance of actions in a situation where a possible (alternative) unfavorable outcome is known in advance and excludes the attainment of the anticipated result (goal). Risk is the conception and realization of a goal by an individual. Thus, risk constitutes an intellectual (mental) and labor-related intentional activity of a person, without which the very concept loses its meaning. The primary elements of corruption are people. Corruption and its components are intentional human acts. There is no corruption committed through negligence or by accident. Consequently, corruption as an unintentional result of risk is an absurd notion, and the term “corruption risk” is a semantic nonsense.