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- Title
Bribery and Implicit Agreements: A Reply to Philips.
- Authors
Carson, Thomas L.
- Abstract
The author has elsewhere defended the view that accepting a bribe involves the violation of an implicit or explicit promise or understanding associated with an office or position that one occupies and that therefore it is prima facie wrong to accept a bribe. Michael Philips has criticized this position in a recent paper. He argues that (a) there are cases in which accepting a bribe violates no promises or agreements. and (b) there are cases in which there is no prima fade duty to refuse an offer of a bribe. The author offers replies to both of these objections.
- Subjects
BRIBERY; CONTRACTS; COMMERCIAL crimes; PROMISE (Law); BUSINESS ethics; PROFESSIONAL ethics; BUSINESSMEN'S conduct of life; PHILIPS, Michael; RIGHT &; wrong; IMMORALITY; ETHICAL problems; POLITICAL ethics; BUSINESSMEN; WHITE collar crimes; KICKBACKS; POLITICAL corruption; ETHICS
- Publication
Journal of Business Ethics, 1987, Vol 6, Issue 2, p123
- ISSN
0167-4544
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF00382025