Which of the following best exemplifies facilitating or expediting payments in business?
A. Making payments to government officials not to cancel the business license after violating local laws
B. Paying a lump sum amount in order to win a government tender for road construction in a foreign country
C. Making unsolicited payments to the concerned officers in return for employing child labor
D. Making payments to customs officials in order to ship pirated merchandise
E. Making small payments to government officials in order to speed up the work they are already obligated to perform
E
While grease payments are, technically, bribes, they are distinguishable from (and, apparently, less offensive than) bribes used to obtain or maintain business because they merely facilitate performance of duties that the recipients are already obligated to perform.
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