It’s unethical to offer a bribe, it’s only unethical to accept a bribe if one actually follows through on the action the bribe is intended to encourage. Unfort

It’s unethical to offer a bribe, it’s only unethical to accept a bribe if one actually follows through on the action the bribe is intended to encourage. Unfortunately, policing the second part is practically impossible, and the effect of successful bribes is too harmful to risk - so accepting a bribe must be condemned in the same breath as offering.