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Re:Netflix Executive Sentenced to 30 Months for 700K Bribes,... by rrrrrrrrrrrryan on Friday December 17, 2021 @02:18PM (#29597031)
The main difference here is the scale.

"Let us take you on a $2000 vacation" vs. "Let us take you on a $700,000 vacation." One is objectively ridiculous - this is the difference.

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Re:Netflix Executive Sentenced to 30 Months for 700K Bribes,... by kjreact on Friday December 17, 2021 @03:04PM (#29597661)
So what you’re saying is taking a smaller bribe is okay? Just as long as it’s not a “ridiculous” bribe…
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Re:Netflix Executive Sentenced to 30 Months for 700K Bribes,... by bumby on Friday December 17, 2021 @03:35PM (#29597992)
There are thresholds elsewhere. For example, a civil servant can accept a gift, up to a very small amount, from a vendor without being an ethics violation.
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Re:Netflix Executive Sentenced to 30 Months for 700K Bribes,... by moltar on Friday December 17, 2021 @10:17PM (#29601253)
But there’s proportional impact as well. The person who got the AWS treatment might be responsible for $50K of AWS budget. And the person at Netflix is responsible for millions of dollars of budgets, royalties and other schemes.
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