Programming note: Money Stuff will be off tomorrow and Monday, back on Tuesday.
Bribes
If you work in sales in an out-of-the-way geography in a large multinational public corporation, two things that you will be told a lot are:
- Win lots of business!
- 2. Don’t pay bribes!
In general, your company really means both of these things. Winning business is obviously very good; it is how your company makes money. Not paying bribes is also quite important; if you pay bribes your company might get in lots of trouble and have to pay much more in fines than you ever ...