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The main difference here is the scale. "Let us take you on a $2000 vacation" vs. "Let us take you on a $700,000 vacation." One is objectively ridiculous - this
by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 5y ago
The main difference here is the scale.
"Let us take you on a $2000 vacation" vs. "Let us take you on a $700,000 vacation." One is objectively ridiculous - this is the difference.
- kjreact 5y agoSo what you’re saying is taking a smaller bribe is okay? Just as long as it’s not a “ridiculous” bribe…
- bumby 5y agoThere are thresholds elsewhere. For example, a civil servant can accept a gift, up to a very small amount, from a vendor without being an ethics violation.
- moltar 5y agoBut there’s proportional impact as well. The person who got the AWS treatment might be responsible for $50K of AWS budget. And the person at Netflix is responsible for millions of dollars of budgets, royalties and other schemes.