The current FIFA scandal illustrates a human behaviour that allows criminal behaviour to succeed. By nature, people tend to ignore the misconduct of others if preventing or revealing it extracts a higher price than ignoring it. Undoubtedly, insiders and observers were aware of high-level corruption at the international football organization.
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In-Sights: Malfeasance depends on wilfull blindness of many
Following arrests of top soccer officials, The Guardian called Wednesday the “ugliest day in the history of the beautiful game.” However, at this stage, the criminal charges involve only the Americas, a small segment of FIFA’s football world: “U.S. authorities said nine officials and five sports media and promotions executives
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