If you _own_ the company 100%, then sure. Since at that point it isn't really a bribe, it's a discount or a service in kind. I am reasonably confident though t

If you _own_ the company 100%, then sure. Since at that point it isn't really a bribe, it's a discount or a service in kind. I am reasonably confident though that this Netflix VP didn't own Netflix. As such he was defrauding the company and/or stockholders and/or owners of the company, since they took money that was rightfully the companies. To a very real extent this is stealing from the company. As a 100% owner of the company it is quite difficult to "steal" from the company, although it is definitely possible to commit tax fraud by pushing stuff through the company instead of through personal accounts. Note that accepting a bribe and not declaring it as some form of income, either personal or business, is probably illegal in your jurisdiction, since at that point it is an undeclared income stream.