The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of corruption in degrading government ethics. The rational nature of the individual will lead him to prioritize the applicable norms so that the relevant individual is more critical of all actions carried out. In this regard, individuals will carefully consider whether their actions will cause harm or benefit the other party. This research applied a qualitative descriptive approach. Researchers attempted to describe, analyze attitudes, perceptions, and thoughts about corruption in relation to local government ethics by conducting a literature review, including library sources that have relevance values. The results of this study indicate that Corruption degrades the ethics of government at least due to 3 (three) corrupt behaviors, including political corruption, bureaucratic collusion, and coercive factors from excessive and extreme social structures.