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That would be considered corruption and would be normally be persecuted as government employees are considered to have a duty of care to the public they serve.

• briandear 7y ago
  > government employees are considered to have a duty of care to the public they serve. Which public? A building inspector serves the public but can make a new business owner’s life hell with arbitrary interpretations of the rules. That business owner is just as much “the public” as a random citizen. So if a business opening is delayed because some inspector drags his feet, loses paperwork, or goes on vacation, that isn’t “corruption,” but it does have a material impact on the business owner. So perhaps that building inspector should go to jail for not approving construction quickly enough? If a building permit office loses or misplaces paperwork (which happens all the time,) should that entire office be imprisoned? If not, why not? Surely causing significant construction delays for a small business has more impact that some random App Store decisions. It’s optional to deal with Apple, you don’t have a choice when dealing with government.