NDLI: Bribery and Its Ethical Implications for Aid Workers in the Developing World

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Remer, J. Scott
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Bribery is a complicated, multi-dimensional issue. Upon first glance, most westerners would immediately condemn it as an underhanded, unfair means of gaining an advantage in a competitive or legal situation, and so it is in virtually every case in the westernized world. However, the issue becomes much more complicated in the international context, particularly in developing nations, where giving and accepting bribes is often normal and expected. This paper serves to inform ethical decision-making in situations where the “right choice” is unclear with regards to bribery, primarily for individuals performing aid work in foreign countries with corrupt officials and police officers. In such contexts, a simple offering of food, money, or a small trinket may make the difference between a person being able to accomplish meaningful, life-changing work for the local populace or having that work significantly slowed at best and being thrown out of the country, robbed, or imprisoned in worse cases. The larger scale bribery issues in international business and the laws pertaining to them are also discussed.
Starting Page	227
Ending Page	241
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13533452
Journal	Science and Engineering Ethics
Volume Number	23
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	14715546
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2016-01-20
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Bribery Foreign aid Engineering ethics Developing world Ethics Philosophy of Science Engineering Biomedical Engineering Medicine/Public Health Philosophy
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects Health (social science) Management of Technology and Innovation Health Policy

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