How can the analysis methods described in this chapter be applied to these examples concerning bribery and the acceptance of gifts?
Problem Solving How can the analysis methods described in this chapter be applied to these examples concerning bribery and the acceptance of gifts? We won’t go into the answer to this question in depth here, but will rather save it for the questions at the end of the chap- ter. However, some general ideas can be presented now. Bribery can easily be ana- lyzed by looking at the factual, conceptual, and moral issues described previously. Frequently, the facts will be obvious: who offered a gift, what its value was, and what its purpose was. Conceptual issues will be somewhat more diffi cult, since it must be determined whether the gift is of suffi cient value to infl uence a decision or whether that infl uence is the intent of the gift. Once the conceptual issues have been worked out and it is clear whether or not the gift is a bribe, the moral issue is often very clear.