Whether we like it or not, bribery and corruption in business is also big business. No bigger than in the M&A business, as this article from Chadbourne & Parke’s Charez Golvala shows.
Laws that try to proscribe bribery and corruption have a long and glorious history. A Roman senator could be dismissed from office for the “moral corruption” of bribery, and under the Magna Carta of 1215 the king’s officials were prohibited from taking commodities without paying for them in an attempt to eradicate corruption. This article