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FORESTERS'
TIPS, TECHNIQUES,
AND
TRICKS OF THE TRADE | | |
 TIPS AND BRIBES
What’s the difference? To many cultures, what may seem to others as a bribe is simply a payment
in anticipation of a good
service, rather than afterwards. It is important to understand such cultural differences with regard
to money, and not expect
things to work without them. In Central America, police may expect a Christmas gift in return for not
turning your car inside
out to find dutiable goods they know aren’t there. No gift, and they will carry out their duties to
the full! It may be difficult
to draw the line between what is acceptable and unacceptable, but it needs to be done taking into
account the host
culture’s point of view.
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