Talk:Bribery/Archives/2014

Bribery vs compensation

The dictionary defines Bribery as

1. money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person's performance as an athlete, public official, etc.: The motorist offered the arresting officer a bribe to let him go.

2. anything given or serving to persuade or induce: The children were given candy as a bribe to be good.

The first definition is the one most people think of when they hear bribery. Would it be Bribery say for an employer to offer extra money for an employee to work some extra hours (in addition to regular pay) or say an athlete more money to switch to another team (contracts notwithstanding, it's hypothetical) It would by the second defintion. Bribery is thought of as to get someone to do something they shouldn't/taboo usually. The snare (talk) 06:52, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Technically, most people's jobs are actually bribery. Most people are working jobs for the money. This means they wouldn't be doing the jobs without the money. Therefore, their employers are bribing them to work there. But then, like the word, "conspiracy," "bribery" is also tainted with its negative side. Bribery to corrupt values.50.168.176.243 (talk) 23:18, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

Legally, your wages/salary are not bribery. Bribery in a legal sense involves inducing someone, typically a public servant or official, to do something illegal or at the vary least, inappropriate. The word is used in a figurative sense for any payment or reward to induce desired behavior, as in the above mentioned candy for good behavior. I have never heard anyone considering normal job pay as a bribe, or for that matter, overtime pay or performance bonuses. Wschart (talk) 13:10, 13 October 2014 (UTC)