Revolving door syndrome

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Revolving Door Syndrome is an informal expression which refers to recidivism; any recurring contact of criminals with the criminal justice system is compared to the operation of a "revolving door".

The expression may also refer to various forms of corruption or unethical behavior, such as the phenomenon of failed company executives orchestrating a return to the business world, perhaps following criminal misconduct or bankruptcy; or collusion between defence procurement and defence suppliers (see, for example, Military-industrial complex). In American public service, this refers to government workers or elected officials quiting public service to work for the companies they used to regulate, creating a conflict of interest. For example, Boeing lost a major contract for the US Air Force. Darleen Druyun, the executive in charge of the contract, was fired and sentenced to nine months in jail for corruption and was fined $5,000. Before working for Boeing, she had previously been a civilian employee for the air force. She used her position to give Boeing this contract, rigging it to take effect as she left to work for them. ^[1] In another example, government attorneys at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) are charged with regulating attorney conduct, though they may be employed previously or subsequently by the same type of law firm for which they were supposed to regulate.

In role-playing games where resurrection is a simple matter the term "Revolving Door Afterlife" is sometimes used to describe a similar situation where a character repeatedly dies and gets resurrected.