[Incipient]

The majority of big business is built on varying degrees of fraud, bribery, nepotism, anti-competitive behaviour, etc.

It's just how business is done. If you don't get a leg up on your competitors, they'll get one up on you.

[mrayycombi]

A sad excuse for criminal conduct. Believe it or not there are lots of law abiding businesses, and companies that compete on quality, service, and price.

And even if that were an extreme minority (and I don't think it is) we should praise them as models instead of resigning ourselves to mediocre businesses using illegal tactics to control a market for super profits.

[Incipient]

I never said it was good.

I'm pretty awful at business because I always fix my mistakes for free and don't hide them behind fake "scope change" arguments that so many other vendors do.

I'm just saying the reality of it.

Also I don't think nepotism/giving work to friends is actually criminal in a lot of cases?

[mrayycombi]

Nepotism is a kind of corruption. It might be quite legal in some cases - private parties I think.

In some cases not as much.

It represents the appearance or actuality of kick backs and favoritism for "other" non-business reasons.

Put your mistress on the payroll? Why not! Put your 'can't get a job' brother on the payroll? Why not?!

The "princeling" hire is a classic form of quid pro quo hire - you hire Bidens coke&hookers son, his dad says hi to you on the golf course.

Nothing to see here.