Question

Harriet Landers is the purchasing agent for the ABC Corporation and is in charge of purchasing equipment to be used by the corporation. Neal​ Brown, the sales representative of a company that makes equipment that can be used by the ABC​ Corporation, offers to pay her a 10 percent kickback if she buys equipment from him. She accepts the kickback and orders the equipment. Both parties are guilty of​ _____.A. larcenyB. blackmailC. embezzlementD. briberyE. extortion

Answer 1

The correct answer is D. Bribery.

Step-by-step explanation

Bribery occurs as people offer or receive money, gits, valuable items or similar to others to obtain benefits either through influence, favors or actions that are positive for the first individual. This implies dishonest manipulation in which all the parties voluntarily agree. In the case of Harriet Landers and Neal Brown, this is a case of bribery because Neal Brown offer Harriet a bribe represented by the 10 percent kickback and Harriet accept it he is going to benefit from the profits he can get from the contract to sell the machines used by the ABC company. So, the correct answer is D. Bribery