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Professional Ethics & Human Values / September 14, 2021

An act of gift’ and ‘an act of bribe

‘A gift is a bribe if you can’t eat, drink or smoke it in a day’. ‘If you think that your offer of acceptance of a particular gift would have grave or merely embarrassing  consequences  for  your  company  if  made  public,  then  the  gift  should  be considered a bribe’. ‘Bribe can be said to be a substantial amount of money or goods offered beyond a stated business contract with the aim of winning an advantage in gaining or keeping the contract ’. Here ‘substantial’ means that which is sufficient to distort the judgment of a typical person.

By · September 14, 2021 · 1 min read

‘A gift is a bribe if you can’t eat, drink or smoke it in a day’.

‘If you think that your offer of acceptance of a particular gift would have grave or merely embarrassing  consequences  for  your  company  if  made  public,  then  the  gift  should  be considered a bribe’.

‘Bribe can be said to be a substantial amount of money or goods offered beyond a stated business contract with the aim of winning an advantage in gaining or keeping the contract ’.

Here ‘substantial’ means that which is sufficient to distort the judgment of a typical person.