Ethics Aren't Just For The ClassroomEthics Aren't Just For The Classroom

My colleague Paul McDougall has been taking quite a beating in the comments section of the <a href="http://www.information.com/blog"><i>information</i> Weblog</a> for suggesting that it's a bad idea for executives to take massive gifts from vendors bidding on company business. Paul is making the crazy, wild-eyed assertion that bribery is, perhaps, ethically speaking, the nonoptimal solution. You might even say it's wrong.