Re:Microsoft is using illegal bribes in the Middle East and ...
by gambiting on Friday April 14, 2023 @09:05AM
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>>US can just forbid Microsoft from paying bribes.
That's already the case. It's already illegal for an American company to pay bribes abroad, even if it's "legal" there. The problem is that like many other people said - you just hire a local "consulting" business that handles that for you and your hands are clean.
Re:Microsoft is using illegal bribes in the Middle East and ...
by eru on Friday April 14, 2023 @10:35AM
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> The problem is that like many other people said - you just hire a local "consulting" business that handles that for you and your hands are clean.
Just make that illegal, too? And make sure that ignorance is not an excuse before the law. (Something like gross negligence, if you don't check on your subcontractors well enough.)
Re:Microsoft is using illegal bribes in the Middle East and ...
by DangitBobby on Friday April 14, 2023 @11:19AM
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I wonder how much the citizens of a country rife with low-level corruption would appreciate the US taking the high road and refusing to allow their companies to do business with them.
Just like the US is using their clout to force people around the world to eg force French companies not to do business with Iran.
> I'd argue that it's a WTO problem, let's just cut of all ties to countries where bribing in any form is acceptable, leaving us with what?
As a compromise, you could target countries in which bribing is de jure _legal_, and worry about de facto later.