Bribery is bad, period. The entire point is to get people to make the wrong choice. Occasionally, bribery might be excusable. E.g. in 1990s FSU countries, most

Bribery is bad, period. The entire point is to get people to make the wrong choice. Occasionally, bribery might be excusable. E.g. in 1990s FSU countries, most government employees would literally starve if they had to live off their government salaries. Demanding bribes was in those times probably the lesser evil.