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A bribe doesn't have to involve a government official. A bribe requires three entities: - the one paying the bribe (in this case the paper's author) - the on
by rahimnathwani 3y ago
A bribe doesn't have to involve a government official.
A bribe requires three entities:
- the one paying the bribe (in this case the paper's author)
- the one receiving the bribe (in this case the journal editor)
- the one that actually provides the benefit (in this case the company that owns the journal)
What makes it a bribe is that, instead of paying the entity that's providing the service, you're paying an agent of the entity.
If you pay Harvard $1MM to admit your child, that's not a bribe. It's just a transaction. If you pay a Harvard admissions officer $1MM (to their personal account) so that they admit your child, that's a bribe.
- chaxor 3y agoAh. So, If you send a check to the editor and say "for the journal": you call it a publishing fee. If you send a check to the editor and say "for you to give to the journal": you call it a bribe. Like that?
- rahimnathwani 3y agoNo. Check made out to the publisher of the journal -> publishing fee. Check made out to the editor -> bribe.