The great economist Joseph Schumpeter recognized that profit wasn't a bribe but a necessity for progress.
That we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe.
The temptation to bend the rules and offer an early pre-election bribe may prove overwhelming.
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Airbus has been the subject of bribe-related scandals in Belgium, Canada, India, Kuwait, Switzerland and Syria.
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It followed a request from the SFO for information about possible bribe-paying in Indonesia and China.
After I paid the bribe and fine, my family was released after one month.
The assemblyman was accused of trying to bribe his way onto the mayoral ballot.
To have a second child, you often must pay a bribe or a fine.
At issue are allegations that she accepted a bribe from a controversial Democratic campaign fund-raiser.
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Profit is regarded as merely a bribe to get businesses to produce goods and services.
Local farmers trying to take produce to market are stopped at military checkpoints by bribe-hunting officers.
Moreover, he abstains from naming the official who demanded the bribe either then or now.
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Increasing the sphere of current legislations: Indian legislation covers primarily the receiver of the bribe.
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Linking quality to bonus bulk and height sounds like a bribe, not a truly aspirational plan.
But he did not report Mr Rywin's alleged demand for a bribe, as required by law.
In a third case, he could be charged for alleged bribe-taking from a large Spanish bank.
The judge who awarded the damages said Mr Berlusconi was jointly responsible for the bribe.
The license on which your business depends may go to someone who offers a higher bribe.
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CAS, the Switzerland-based body, ruled last month that allegations he tried to bribe referees were unproven.
One parent told me that some parents bribe teachers to make sure their children pass exams.
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Shusen Wei was charged with offering to bribe a federal agent in the Li case.
So, instead, bribe-takers return to those who pay reliably and they develop comfortable, criminal ties.
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Nor can people reach their potential when you cannot start a business without paying a bribe.
Prince Taylor was acquitted of four counts of trying to bribe witnesses to alter their testimony.
Mr Blagojevich was charged last week with a number of offences including soliciting a bribe.
Many a bribe is paid to see off a meddlesome bureaucrat or bend an annoying rule.
This meant that corrupt accountants could no longer delay titleholders who refused to pay a bribe.
But most of the doubts have been quelled by what is, in effect, a Treasury bribe.
As to a donation made by the movie-makers, he says: "That's not a bribe - ridiculous!"
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