Re: [OT] Corruption

There is a cute little revision currently being run in the (IIRC)
Philippines - special traffic police send a vehicle  up the one way
(wrong direction) and their partners stop you and give you a on the spot
fine (perfectly legal) for driving the wrong way.  Guess how much makes
it to the station?

$10 equivalent fines add up after a hard day misdirecting traffic
(failure to obey a special traffic officer is also $10 equivalent
IIRC...
win/win - for them...)

Gracias,
Glenn

On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 06:41:45 +0100 KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de
(K.H.Ranitzsch) writes:
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Aaron Teske" <mithramuse@yahoo.com>
>> --- John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > > John, why do you think you need a governmental
>> > > regulation before there can be corruption?
>> >
>> > If there's no rules, you can't bribe people to look
>> > the other way when you violate 'em.
>>
>> Well, sure, but rules hardly require a government to make 'em.
>> Every company has their own procurement/purchasing procedures,
>> whether written or not, to protect their own interests if
>> nothing else (e.g., not paying too much for
>> equipment/components/whatever while their procurement decision
>> maker gets rich quick).
>
>And, by the way, corruption is certainly not limited to government 
>purchases
>or trade regulations. In fact, in a corrupt country anything can fall 
>to it.
>
>"You have been driving too fast on this road. That's a 100 Credit 
>fine".
>"But I was only doing only 50 km/h !"
>"Speaking up to the police, eh ? We have nice rooms for people like 
>you"
>"Oh, ok, but I have only 50 Creds on me"
>"That's OK if you don't need a receipt. Will save us the paperwork"
>
>Greetings
>Karl Heinz
>
>

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