Ma`rifat Modiriyati

The administrative system of any society is regarded as the executive tool of its political system. Expounding the factors which contribute to preventing the corruption in the different aspects of administrative system can make a major contribution to the political system. Using a religious approach with special emphasis on Imam Ali’s words and conducts, a descriptive- deductive method and observing the principle of precaution in conducting religious research, the present paper seeks to finds the factors which preventing the corruption in administrative system. Given the different definitions of administrative corruption, corruption can be generally studied on a small scale and on a large scale. Referring to Imam Ali’s conduct and sayings, we reach the conclusion that Imam's attention to at least five factors which contribute to improve the administrative system of government and preventing corruption, including the mental and behavioral, organizational, socio-cultural, political and economic factors.