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"Paying a large tip to secure a better table in a restaurant is the same as offering a bribe in business to secure a contract." Defend or oppose this statement. How is your response to this assignment consistent with the Utilitarian moral philosophy? Explain. If it is not consistent with that philosophy, explain why your philosophy has changed.

2007-03-12 08:49:40 · 4 answers · asked by sweet 1 in Social Science Economics

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Sounds like an essay question. I'll offer a brief suggestion, so as not to mitigate your creativity here.

The analogy, first off, may be inaccurate. If the tip is to the waiter, it is paid after the meal and has little to do with inducing the quality of service. On the other hand, tipping the maitre'd is an expectation in many places and is considered parcel to his income and has no legal proscription against it.

Bribing in business is an entirely different matter. Where bribing is illegal (U.S. and most developed nations) there's a vast gap and the analogy is inaccurate. Where bribing is necessary is where this gets interesting.

Obviously the bribe-maker will not bribe in excess of the anticipated utility stemming from gaining the contract. However, there is the issue of efficiency. Simply being willing to pay more for a contract does not guarantee the most efficient process of production, nor does it guarantee that the contract was issued in the most efficient manner either. Indeed, quite the contrary. Where the market functions to disseminate information via price, in a bribe there is no market - in fact,there are multiple disjointed markets, a closed auction system if you will, and hence there can be no argument for efficiency made here.

On the other hand, an argument can be made for efficiency of tipping a maitre'd.

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2016-10-18 05:12:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

Paying money before you get a table is indeed bribing,
nobody is gettint sued or arrested for that b/c it's accepted, and b/c the crime is just way too small.

2007-03-12 09:10:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I think your right, I also think Money gets what money wants...And those of us who do not have it know this, The ones with it live in a different world then us...

I would like to have a lot of money....one day, PLease

2007-03-12 08:59:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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