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.

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.