ABSTRACT
Every person and every organisation in every country pays for corruption. It is an international disgrace1 that permits an evil minority to prosper at the expense of the majority. But for many politicians, gross corruption is a problem that is too close for comfort, too hot to handle, resulting in the UK Bribery Act being framed in a way that blames businesses for what is a much nastier stratospheric problem. Attention is therefore diverted to cosmetic legislation primarily confined to bribes paid by the private sector.
