Corruption opens gaps in the management of the Administration, calling into question its efficiency and effectiveness; as it is a limiting factor in the public function, it makes it dysfunctional and ineffective when it comes to solving public problems. The purpose of this article is to address corruption in Colombia from the economic and social perspective; its methodology is descriptive, as it sought to refer to the characteristics of corruption in order to understand this phenomenon and its persistence, as well as to determine its possible causes and effects. It was then concluded that corruption has a potential impact on the political agenda, the public administration, society in general and on the deontology of the public servant, from the responsibility he/she exercises before society in the satisfaction of its needs.La investigación es aquella fuente para la construcción del conocimiento que contribuye a la formulación de nuevas teorías, creación de diferentes prototipos, y dar respuestas a preguntas y problemas del entono. En el presente escrito se realiza una mirada exploratoria a la problemática que padecen algunos académicos en el interés por tomar la iniciativa y culminación de las diferentes fases investigativas. Los pasos que se evidencian en la presente investigación se han generado con la finalidad de tener un mayor acercamiento a esta temática para los académicos en la carrera de Administración Pública Territorial.