Viral nature of corruption in a world of business and academia

Disruptive force of corruption and its ability to spread away like a virus is globally known and commonly understood. However, as one can notice while observing both business an academic life, this knowledge and understanding does not prevent corruptive activities from occurring. This paper aims to shed a light on viral nature of corruption and its influence on integrity in the academic community by presenting a particular set of academic community’s behaviors that are destructive for its integrity as well as by presenting a universal set of instruments and methods for preventing both the higher education sector as well as business sector from corruption diffusion.