That's an essential part of it. "We ordered them to not accept bribes! Never mind that we also ordered them to somehow convince these governments to run licens

That's an essential part of it. "We ordered them to not accept bribes! Never mind that we also ordered them to somehow convince these governments to run licensed copies of Windows instead of cracked copies, and since it costs them money while buying them nothing, the only way it could possibly be done is bribery. It's not our fault because we told them not to!"