Is it Ok to accept bribe some times?

Is it Ok to accept bribe some times?

Elections are going on and the main focus, the main topic of the debate in this election is Corruption. The country has seen many big scandals in last few years. The common public is not left untouched by the issues of corruption. There are some people who support bribery and defend it with some reasons. Let us check out why some people favor the bribery while some are completely against it:

Yes

• The local people have to pay bribes many a times because without the bribes they are stuck in a no-solution situation.

• Businesses have to suffer losses if they fail to pay monthly bribery to many state officials. They don’t have any option but to pay the bribe to keep running their businesses.

• The public servants are paid meagerly. They don’t get enough salary to run the family smoothly. Ultimately they are forced to take bribes and have a good living.

• Bribery can be defined as the cost of conducting business. It is especially true where the foreign companies have to enter into a business transaction in a country where corruption is widespread.

• There are many countries especially non-western countries where bribe is acceptable by the society. It is considered as a gift taking and gift giving process, and is a part of system.

No

• The common people are interested to find an easiest way and a quickest way to complete their work and therefore they opt for bribery.

• Bribery can never be justified in any case it is nothing but an unofficial kind of transaction tax. It is one of the reasons behind a lagging economy.

• The big multi-national companies don’t have any right to pay bribery as it is not their money but the money of the shareholders who have invested in the company.

• Bribery leads to corruption and further it increases the unequal distribution of wealth in economy.

• Companies should bring transparency in the way they do business. Directly or indirectly they affect the social environment.

• Anna Hazare is a leading example who initiated a movement for change. There are many websites now who supports anticorruption. Ipaidabribe.com is one of the examples.

Conclusion

It is the people who are making bribery justified in some cases. They have to suffer the losses for one time to initiate a change. If they will go on supporting the bribery for their personal benefits, then it will never end. Fight for change, fight against corruption!