在美国和大部分发达资本主义民主国家，独立司法、政府官员财务披露和其他独立机构是限制和预防 — — 尽管不能完全消除 — — 腐败的关键。
An independent judiciary, financial disclosure by government officials, and other independent institutions have been essential to limiting and forestalling – though not fully eliminating – corruption in the United States and most other advanced capitalist democracies.