Executive Summary
Commercial bribery is illegal and counterproductive. Yet officials in many parts of the world still demand them, and executives remain tempted to pay up. How can organizations kick the kickback habit? By preparing their people with a resistance plan, building the cost of avoiding bribery into their estimates, walking away from markets where bribery is too rife to do business with out it, and shifting performance incentives to acknowledge high-risk regions.
Corporate bribery—that is, the practice of companies…
