If you look at the bigger picture, corruption is an integral thing in the societies we live in, its a way of of doing things and part of a money based economy. -- -erastus +254733725373 Nairobi Kenya On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 2:02 PM, S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya@gmail.com>wrote:

Interesting read.

HOW MUCH DO FIRMS PAY AS BRIBES AND WHAT BENEFITS DO THEY GET? EVIDENCE FROM CORRUPTION CASES WORLDWIDE

http://www.nber.org/papers/w17981.pdf

Note that most of the named Multi-National Organizations are (Information, Communication, Construction, Energy [Oil] or Weapons) Technology Firms.

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