Could the transnational corporation still be trusted anymore?

This is one scandal that I missed somewhere along the line but perhaps that was because there was no big mention of it in the media here in Australia. That probaby means that there has been no evidence that anyone was bribed here in Australia or else we would have heard of it. I am not saying that there was no bribery or even implying that it happened here in Austtralia but simply there is no evidence.

Unfortunately bribery is wide spread in so many countries and in fact if the truth be known it happens to some extent in all countries. Certainly offering and/or accepting a bribe is a criminal offence here in Australia as it is in most countries throughout the world. However while the government can legislate against it easily enough, it is much harder to get the evidence on those who are offering and/or accepting bribes.

Who do we trust? A difficult question really, as in general I think we have to look at each situation on an individual basis. If the business/company appears to be ethical and offering a product we need and at a price we can afford, then we can do business with them. If however we think there is something amiss, it would be very unwise to do business with that organisation.

As regard to Siemens, perhaps they felt that the only way they could do business in and with some countries was to pay the bribes. In these instances, not only is the company at fault but more so those who accepted the bribes. I am sure that in many instances these people who accepted the bribes were government employees and to me that makes them the more evil of the two.