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<<A good friend will bail you out of jail, but a true friend
will be sitting beside you saying " Damn that was fun!" - Unknown>>
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Dealing abroad one has to recognise that one man's bribe is another's rice bowl.
When dealing with a Middle Eastern country where the norm is to provide some cash appreciations to helpful souls, to preach otherwise is an attempt to impose an alternative morality. If they are happy with that way of doing business then that is the way business will be done if you want to do business.
If we consider a purely domestic situation then the case is entirely different.
But I suggest that what is often presented as black and white os often a whole spectrum of greys (grays).
JMW
www.ViscoAnalyser.com
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"Less than 1% of the energy moving a car goes towards the driver."
Amory Lovins - The Oil End Game http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/
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Now - how do you define gifts - my company is about $25 or less.
I have heard of companies pulling out of Mexico - because of the gifting "tax". Everyone has their hand out. It was cheaper to stay in the US!!!
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"Pumping systems account for nearly 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25% to 50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities." - DOE statistic
"Note: Make that 99.99% for pipeline companies" - http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/
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Mexico? Manaña? No problem.
"Inshalla": Now that's kinda like "manaña", but without the emphisis on speed.
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"Pumping systems account for nearly 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25% to 50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities." - DOE statistic (Note: Make that 99.99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/
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JMW
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<<A good friend will bail you out of jail, but a true friend
will be sitting beside you saying " Damn that was fun!" - Unknown>>
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One of my favorites was going through the Anti-Mafia project screening. Trying to get project approval in communist dominated areas was also fun. Most every country had (has)their own version of bakshish. Didn't seem much different than trying to get concrete contracts done in Baltimore in the early 80's, or getting (at least by the news) a State contract in Illinois.
No bribes paid, no gratuities, but some long drawn out schedules and very tough negotiations, especially in the Middle East. Some negotiations were scheduled in months and years as opposed to hours and days.
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