I need a discussion post on the following at least 300 words Bribery or the Cost

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I need a discussion post on the following at least 300 words

Bribery or the Cost of Doing Business?

You are a U.S. citizen recently assigned as the manager of distribution in a European country where bribery is relatively accepted. Your job description includes responsibility for accepting shipments as they enter the local port authority. On your first trip down to the docks to sign for a shipment, the customs agent in charge ask for a "tip" to clear the goods for pickup. The value of the incoming shipment is around $150,000. Knowing that the government has recently launched an initiative to reduce corruption, how do you react? If additional information would be helpful to you, what would it be? How would you proceed and why?

Explanation / Answer

Being a US citizen, I abide by the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act that prohibits me from making bribe in the other nations also. But there is an amendment on the year 1988 that clarified the role of facilitating or greasing payment in FCPA. As per this clarification, a bribe is not unlawful is it is used to facilitate or expedite the work and save time. Here, facilitating payment is given to the party person or officials so that time and resources are saved. Besides, it should not affect the final outcome of the decision. Precisely, it should follow the conditions as follows. Such payments should meet the following conditions to be unlawful:

In the given case, tip is being demanded by the official to clear the goods for pickup. It is a routine work and non-discretionary in nature. If the tip is given to the person, then quick processing of the clearance will take place. It will prevent any delay in the work of distribution that is assigned to me. Besides, local laws allow bribery and it will not be unethical in this country, because I am not going to take any unlawful work or any undue favor from the official. So, In the light of it, I would like to give the tip as facilitating payment as it neither violates the local laws nor the provisions of FCPA. As a result, it will save time and expedite the process to continue the business. The value of saved time and work dedicated towards the distribution are more valued than the tip given to the person.

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