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A CEO from Japan came over to America to give a speech at his new factory. His English wasn’t great, so he spoke, and the translator spoke to everyone. Well a
by treeman79 6y ago
A CEO from Japan came over to America to give a speech at his new factory. His English wasn’t great, so he spoke, and the translator spoke to everyone.
Well at one point he went on about thanking local government officials, and that he would be sure to give them gifts for approving the project.
The translator wisely left that part out.
Confused, the CEO later asked why, then was shocked to learn that bribery is a bad thing in America.
Google Fu is weak, so haven’t been able to find the original source. (May have been a Japanese language book)
- draugadrotten 6y ago> bribery is a bad thing in America Well. At least openly talking about it. Pretending it doesn't work in Americaa is ostrich syndrome. Just the first google result to prove my point. https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2020-10-22/trump-biden-trade-accusations-of-corruption https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2020-10-22/tr...
- NikolaeVarius 6y agoThat doesn't scream "real" to me. Bribery is illegal in Japan. Thats why there is informal "gift giving"