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Pros And Cons Of The Company BAE

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In the summer of 2007, the media announced that the arms company BAE which is a British defense firm, secretly paid more than $2 billion in bribes for over 20 years to a member of the Saudi Arabia royal family, the Prince Bandar. The Prince had provided one of the biggest weapons contract with Britain; Saudi Arabia was purchasing warplanes, spare parts, and training for Saudi pilots. After they found that BAE was paying bribes to the Prince, some of the payments were channeled by an ambassador through a United States bank. After that, the British Fraud Office started investigating these transactions. Consequently, the Prime Minister Tony Blair gave the order to put an end to the investigation for “national security” reasons. It is worth to mention that the contracts are still valid nowadays, and the 10-15 commissions of agents are distributed between head of state, generals, and their friends. …show more content…

People who are involved in the government, such as majors, prime ministers, presidents, etc. are easily criticized for not doing what is ethical and legal, which is why they need to consider all the pros and cons before taking action. In this ethical dilemma, Blair’s position was unacceptable and unethical because he decided to ignore all the bribery affairs, thus allowing something illegal. In consequence of the action taken by Blair, many citizens were not happy at all, and the ending of the investigation incited an outcry of the anti-corruption

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