Bribery in Business

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This paper explores the incidence of bribery in business, looking first at the harm it does to legitimate businesses. The ethical dilemma of whether or not to give bribes is investigated. It uses examples like Enron and WorldCom to illustrate its points. It concludes with the short and long term effects of bribery in business.

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"Payment of bribes and kickbacks continue to be a problem that plagues the business world in the United States and abroad. Business executives pay bribes for a wide variety of reasons. These include bribes paid to agencies to obtain a choice contract for their company, and bribes paid to regulatory agencies to ignore environmental, safety, or health transgressions."

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