Introduction to ethics
Shannon Jennings
Colorado Technical University
Patricia Morriss

Dilemma
The act of offering and receiving bribes is entrenched in the people’s day to day lives with a view of receiving a monetary favor for the service rendered. Business organizations face it rough when they want to start new branches or even when aspiring business people launch into the market. Government official who are charged with the duty and responsibility of offering the necessary business licenses usually use the very position to frustrate the process. They create unnecessary delays with a desire to receive a bribe so that they can expedite the process. Each organization is facing a dilemma whether to engage in the commonly accepted practice of bribery which is a direct act of corruption or not. Local people who want to start a company a given country usually have to get various licenses and approvals from various government departments as a requirement to start a business. Multinational companies desiring to acquire land permits and other licenses also have to contend with the same old vice where the public service workers expect to be bribes to perform their duties.
Bribery raises an ethical question where the issues and always puts a person’s principles at the balance. The question of bribery being good or bad is interpreted differently depending on who is looking at the issues. It is generally accepted that bribery is a classic example the hinders growth and development of a country since one would argue that it makes the process of establishing a business much more expensive. This then translates to fewer business being opened and thus less people employed and hence less economic development. Kestenbaun puts it in his own words as;
This, frankly, was the story I was expecting to hear about how bribes made it more expensive to start a business, meaning