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Ethical Aspects of Bribing People in Other Countries

Authors: Unger, Stephen H.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The author argues against assumption that individuals and organizations doing business in countries where corruption is prevalent should not be expected to adhere to strict standards of ethical practice. The author looks at the univ...
Year: 1998
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-998-0020-3

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 13:41

Bribery: The Concept

Authors: Pritchard, Michael S.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to clarify the concept of bribery and to do this in a way that reveals its underlying normative features. The author discusses why, even in the situation of bribing a ribing a Nazi guard to allow concentrat...
Year: 1998
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-998-0019-9

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 13:23

Ethical Issues in Accounting and Economics Experimental Research: Inducing Strategic Misrepresentation

Authors: Beard, James E. ; Dearman, David T.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Ethics & Behavior
Abstract: Numerous accounting and economics research studies employ an experimental research method requiring student participants to make representations about an individual characteristic (e.g., ability, cost) that provides a basis for paym...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/159/
DOI: 10.1080/10508420802623674

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-12-04 11:26

Professionals’ Ambivalence toward Ethics in the Nigerian Construction Industry

Authors: Odusami, K. T. ; Ameh, O. J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice
Abstract: Following the growing consensus within and outside the Nigerian construction industry that corruption and other unethical practices are endemic in the industry, coupled with scarce empirical study on professional ethics in the indus...
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)1052-3928(2010)136:1(9)

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-02-01 14:45

Money for Research Participation: Does It Jeopardize Informed Consent?

Authors: Grady, Christine
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: The American Journal of Bioethics
Abstract: This article explores the idea that offering money for research participation can constitute coercion or undue influence capable of distorting the judgment of potential research subjects and compromising the voluntariness of their i...
Year: 2001
DOI: 10.1162/152651601300169031

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-04-29 13:33

Would You Like a Coffee? Slippery Slopes, Gratuities and Corruption in Police Work

Authors: Coleman, Stephen
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: The issue of police gratuities has long been a source of debate. The acceptance of gratuities has been expressly forbidden by many police codes of conduct, yet their acceptance is common practice among police on the street. Are the ...
Year: 1998

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-05-21 16:31

Bribery and Extortion: Can Restaurants Help?

Authors: Zucker, Arthur
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The author discusses the differences between tipping, bribery, and extortion and uses the example of leaving each in a restaurant to show the differences between each. ...
Year: 2000
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-000-0047-6

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 13:52

Gift Giving, Bribery and Corruption: Ethical Management of Business Relationships in China

Authors: Steidlmeier, Paul
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Business Ethics
Abstract: Gift giving and reciprocity is a rule of life in China, and Chinese ethical traditions themselves clearly distinguish it from corruption. The paper focuses upon how a company can ground its competitive strategies in the positive hum...
Year: 1999

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-07-14 13:47

Should the Payment of Bribes Overseas Be Made Illegal?

Authors: Theobald, Robin
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Business Ethics: A European Review
Abstract: The paper focuses specifically upon current attempts by Western states to criminalize overseas bribery and the problems such efforts are likely to face. Emphasizing the centrality of the 'demand' for corrupt payments as well as thei...
Year: 2002
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8608.00297

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-07-14 13:48

Corruption Across Countries: The Cultural and Economic Factors

Authors: Sanyal, Rajib N. ; Samanta, Subarna K.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Business and Professional Ethics Journal
Abstract: The paper examines the relationship of economic and cultural factors to levels of bribery in particular countries as perceived by international business managers doing business with the governments of those countries. ...
Year: 2002
URL: http://www.ethics.ufl.edu/BPEJ/Most_Recent_Issues/21-1Sanyal.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-07-14 13:46

Bribery and Corruption: The OECD Convention on Combating the Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions

Authors: Moran, Jon
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Business Ethics: A European Review
Abstract: This article proceeds in stages to evaluate implications of the convention. Firstly, the convention is placed in the context of the increased focus on transnational business bribery in recent years. Second, the main points of the co...
Year: 1999

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-07-14 13:43

When Is a Bribe a Bribe? Teaching a Workable Definition of Bribery

Authors: James Jr, Harvey S.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching Business Ethics
Abstract: This paper presents an outline for teaching about bribery. The outline is based on the presumption that a payment, once defined as a "bribe" is 'by definition' unethical. In addition, the paper develops a simple yet workable definit...
Year: 2002
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015261222138

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-07-14 13:40

Science, Bioethics, and the Public Interest : On the Need for Transparency

Authors: Sharpe, Virginia A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Reveals that a body of evidence indicated that the pharmaceutical industry's gifts and inducements bias clinician judgment. Significance of the 1980 Bayh-Dole Act in the U.S.; Examples of financial inducements; Percentage of funding...
Year: 2002

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-18 16:52

Taking Money from the Drug Industry: The Rules Tighten

Authors: Elliott, Carl
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Focuses on a compliance guide issued by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in April 2003 regarding the federal anti-kickback law that prohibits drug manufacturers from makin...
Year: 2003

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-18 15:43

The Ethics of Slotting: Is this Bribery, Facilitation Marketing or Just Plain Competition?

Authors: Aalberts, Robert J. ; Jennings, Marianne M.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Business Ethics
Abstract: The practice of manufacturers' payments of fees to retailers for the display and sale of their products has become a common practice. In the grocery retail business, the fees paid by manufacturers are called slotting fees, or a paym...
Year: 1999

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-07-14 13:34

Crossing the Boundaries of Obligation: Are Corporate Salaries a Form of Bribery?

Authors: Bishop, John Douglas
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Business Ethics
Abstract: In this paper, the core case of business bribery is described consistent with the usual philosophical analysis of bribery, and the grounds for thinking bribery is unethical are made clear. The concept of a system of obligation is de...
Year: 2004

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-07-14 13:36

Buy Bribes or Bye-Bye Bribes: The Future Status of Bribery in International Commerce

Authors: Getz, Kathleen ; Weber, James
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Business Ethics Quarterly
Abstract: Bribery in international business has become a priority concern among business, government, and community leaders. While discussions among philosophers often emphasize the ethical justification for banning bribery, policy-makers aro...
Year: 2004

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-07-14 13:50