[mnau]

Bribery is illegal for the person bribing and the person being bribed.

Generally the person who is bribing has higher penalty, because she is an instigator, but both are culpable.

It makes sense, by accepting the bribe, you do damage to some third party. "I was stealing, but only because he offered me money"... nope.

At least in my country and I assume in the rest of EU countries.

[Jensson]

Offering a good deal isn't bribery. Bribery is when you give a decisionmaker money to make him make decisions against the wishes of the organization he represents. In this case it is in the interests of these companies to take these deals since they were good for them, they weren't bribed to take it.

[denton-scratch]

> because she is an instigator

Not sure about that.

"I will only stock your product if you can make the deal sweeter for me than your competitor is offering to do."