The Influence of Bribery on the Backwardness of the Society

Bribery, a form of corruption, is an act implying money or gift giving that alters the behavior of the recipient. Bribery constitutes a crime and is defined as the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official or other person in charge of a public or legal duty. The bribe is the gift bestowed to influence the recipient›s conduct. It may be any money, good, right in action, property, preferment, privilege, emolument, object of value, advantage, or merely a promise or undertaking to induce or influence the action, vote, or influence of a person in an official or public capacity. In economics, the bribe has been described as rent. Bribery in bureaucracy has been viewed as a reason for higher cost of production of goods and services. The research shows that beside monitoring, identification and controllingthe effective external factors, we should encounter ignorance and weakness of belief seriously as the main internal roots of bribery. Without doing so; it is very difficult to remove discrimination, poverty, and corruption from the society.