The traditional-secular dimension corresponds with Weber’s modernization thesis, in which societies move from traditional, particularistic (or familistic) values toward rational, impersonal, bureaucratic values. In many traditional societies, kinship-based special favors are expected; such favors are considered corruption in a secular-rational context. Indeed, the definition of corruption (misuse of public office for private gain) implies deviation from the impersonal bureaucratic ideal (see Sandholtz and Koetzle, 2000: 31). Secular-rational culture should reduce corruption. Empirical analysis shows some decrease in corruption with increasing secularization, but the impact of the traditional-secular dimension of values is more limited than that of the survival/self-expression dimension.