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many incidents wherein government officials take bribes and use their political power to gain financial wealth for their own individual use. They are not necessarily concerned with the law, but
with stepping outside the law and essentially acting in very unethical and immoral ways. A couple of years ago, "Seven people, including
five current or former state lawmakers, were busted as part of an FBI/TBI public corruption sting. The two-year undercover investigation was named Operation Tennessee Waltz." (Free Republic). Operation Tennessee Waltz
is an operation that clearly illustrates how corrupt politicians can be and how businesses can also be a part of the unethical realities in the nation. The following paper examines
Operation Tennessee Waltz and discusses the implications for business and political institutions, illustrating how allusive and vague unethical practices can perhaps be for many businesses. Operation Tennessee Waltz
"The FBI and TBI with assistance from the U.S. Attorneys offices in Middle and East Tennessee set up a dummy company to respond
to allegations of corruption among Tennessees public officials" (Ruble). The company was named E-Cycle and it was a company that presumably recycling electronic equipment (Ruble). What they set out to
do was present themselves as a company who was looking for "favorable legislation from state lawmakers" which would allow them opportunities in relationship to the supposed recycling of equipment (Ruble).
They were essentially looking for legislators that could be bribed, "public officials willing to take bribes in exchange for passing favorable legislation" (Truini 23). This presents problems that are in
existence yet incredibly difficult to ascertain because, as seen here, the dealings are often so secretive that it takes a sting operation to uncover them, or at the very least
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