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It is. I guess people just don't know that that it's just as illegal, or feel it's less objectionable than paying bribes directly. Or they speculate that it's
by cedilla 3y ago
It is.
I guess people just don't know that that it's just as illegal, or feel it's less objectionable than paying bribes directly. Or they speculate that it's harder to prove.
- mrweasel 3y agoI think they know, or at least see that it's an issue, but what are they suppose to do? Either they stay out of a large number of countries, which seriously hamper their options for expansion or they speculate in it being hard to prove. It also create an uneven playing field. Western countries can't do business in large part of the world, while companies from those same countries are free to sell anywhere.
- vkou 3y agoYou don't have a god-given right to run your business in every country in the world, especially when the manner in which you are doing so breaks the law of the countries you are headquartered in. If you did, sanctioned countries wouldn't be a thing. 'I want to make money' isn't some kind of first, last, or sole moral consideration, overriding all others.
- op00to 3y agoShould western countries be able to use slave labor outside the west?