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This 3-page paper discusses the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee scandal. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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File: AS43_MTslcobrib.doc
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the whole thing. The scandal resulted in investigations by the Utah legislature, the U.S. Olympic Committee, the U.S. Department of Justice and International Olympics Committee. But was the Salt Lake
Olympic Committee actually bribing individuals? Or was it an intense lobbying effort on part of this organization to get the Olympics to the area? The answers to the following questions
will help us obtain some clarity on the issue. What is the difference between lobbying and bribery? The legal definition of lobbying
is somewhat vague, and for good reason. Technically, lobbying involves "a group, organization or association seeking to influence the passage or defeat of legislation" (Lobby, 2010). Lobbying involves attempts to
influence lawmakers (or other parties) through "personal interviews and persuasion" (Lobby, 2010). But there are a great many restrictions when it comes to lobbying - for example, the outright buying
of votes is absolutely forbidden (though other types of monetary persuasion, such as campaign contributions, arent out of the question). A bribe, or bribery, however, is "a gift or promise
which is accepted of some advantage, as the inducement for some illegal act or omission" (Bribe, 2010). Bribing, basically, involves the giving of gifts or promises with the specific purpose
of influencing a particular outcome. The main difference is that lobbying, as such, is "persuasion," whereas bribery is an overt exchange of goods for favors. There is, however, a thin
line between bribery and lobbying - it doesnt take much for lobbying to cross that line into bribery. What argument could the
SLOC members make that the payments made do not fit the definition of an illegal bribe (under the FCPA)? The FCPA makes it pretty clear that its absolutely unlawful for
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