Lets start with a hypothetical question. What would you say I had done in this situation? I want to go to Brands Hatch at the end of the month to cover the British GT/BRDC Formula 4 weekend. Say that my Editor wants me to go to Silverstone to cover something else. I say to my Editor, if you let me go to Brands I’ll give you a hundred quid. What have I done? I've bribed the boss. Second hypothetical question. I run a bank and my traders do some rather naughty things with a certain benchmark interest rate. The Financial Conduct Authority does its investigation and decides my bank is as guilty as sin. I agree to pay a rather large fine to the FCA so that they don’t take me to court. What...
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