This study shows that corruption in the modern world is viewed as a negative form of deviant behavior in the sphere of state and municipal administration, as a destructive factor in public life, which largely determines the social climate in society and the state of national security. Corruption is an obstacle to the development of real democracy and to the growth of the well-being of the population. It has multiple reasons and grounds for spreading on the political, economic, cultural, socio-structural levels. All its manifestations are more tangible in real social life, affect the level and degree of protection of citizens, the ensuring of their rights and freedoms. This article identifies and analyzes the main socio-cultural determinants of the institutionalization of corruption in modern society.

This article shows the dialectic influence of phenomenon of corruption on the social reality of modern society. The main approaches to assessing the consequences of corruption processes are considered. Through the prism of these approaches, a structural analysis of consequences of corruption in economic, political, social and spiritual spheres of society is carried out. Based on the philosophical principle of reflection, factors of social danger of corruption are identified, main manifestations of corruption affecting the formation of the image of social reality are described. The article provides a critical analysis of the revisionist approach. Its supporters believe that corruption can be viewed as a natural phenomenon that manifests itself in the transitional periods of development of society, with a change in the norms of its functioning and the lack of consensus, as well as a kind of mediator that unites the emerging privileged and excluded strata a changing society. The main function of corruption within this approach is to preserve the unity and maintain the integrity of socio-economic system in certain conditions, after which corruption should disappear. The laws of dialectics are manifested in this area of human interactions. Therefore, we can talk about the socially constructive function of studied social phenomenon. It is shown that the ratio of constructive and destructive consequences of corruption manifestations in various social systems and at different stages of their historical development varies.