{"id":19467,"date":"2023-11-13T08:26:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T23:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.readoasis.com\/?p=19467"},"modified":"2026-01-23T16:46:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T07:46:44","slug":"the-culture-of-bribery-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readoasis.com\/es\/archives\/19467","title":{"rendered":"A Culture of Bribery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-excerpt\">\n    <p>ReadOasis Step 4(Part 2)\nIn most countries bribery is illegal, but it happens in government, medicine, politics, sports, and business. Legal or not, bribery is unjust. Bribes allow people with money to gain opportunities, while the needy or the most talented lose out.\nAnd bribery hurts business. In a merit-based economy, the people who do the best work deserve to win. However, a bribe can make it so that the best work doesn't win. This is obviously unfair. 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Legal or not, bribery is unjust. Bribes allow people with money to gain opportunities, while the needy or the most talented lose out. And bribery hurts business. 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