Marcus is the director of a small company in Boston. He is trying to obtain parts from a manufacturer in Taiwan but that company
is unwilling to send them because of government regulations limiting exports on small orders. Marcus calls the head of the manufacturing company and says he will pay him an extra $5,000 if he ships them anyway. What practice is Marcus using to obtain the parts?
Bribery involves an illegal activity where a reward is offered from one party to another(s) in order to provoke certain favorable behavior. Normally, the bribes are offered to public officials or high range executives to avoid legal responsibilities, or undesired laws or to change the payee point of view on a certain matter being discussed where substantial profits can be obtained.
Bribery is the common and wrong practice of paying money to someone so they break the rules and give you a pass on something that you desire, in this case Marcus is asking the director of the company to send him the parts eventhough he is not buying enough to meet the legal requirements for that, and as he is promising him money to fo that, he is bribing him into doing something illegal because he nees those products for his business.
