US Dept of Justice to charge Walmart with Bribing Mexican Officials
By bobmnu
@bobmnu (8157)
United States
April 27, 2012 1:40pm CST
My question is why is Walmart in this case when the US government is bribing North Korea with food to stop their Nuke program?
Walmart was paying for influence just as people and companies make a political donation to gain influence with the people in power.
What is the difference between Walmart bribing a Mexican Official and donating to the Campaign of Mr XYZ? Both are a payment in the hope of getting something.
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@Rollo1 (16676)
• Boston, Massachusetts
27 Apr 12
The cost of doing business in some countries is greasing a few palms. To me, this is less worrisome than the half billion dollars in overseas internet donations given to Obama which are untraceable and may have (per wikilieaks) come from foreign nationals. I am not saying it is right, but I think that there are many more egregious cases of bribery that the Justice Dept could spend its time investigating. When it comes to what the company does here, in the US, or if it affects the safety of employees or consumers in the US, then it ought to be investigated. If there was bribery of Mexican officials in regards to operations there, then I think the Mexican government would investigate it if it was of any importance. Why should the US DOJ spend resources enforcing the laws of other countries?
@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
30 Apr 12
Cause Wal Mart is the next big corporation to be taken down. Mr. Walton's family are very rich, are they not?
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
28 Apr 12
I don't think there's really much comparison, unless you're one of those for whom corporations can do no wrong and government can do no right - unless, of course, that government is totally in the hands of the right. It may be a fine line, but there really IS a difference between bribery and corruption and diplomacy, especially when the latter could actually result in lives being saved in more ways than one. Some of us actually believe saving lives is more important than saving corporate profits.
Annie
