Types Of Bribes

I came across the three types of bribery while I was reading Paras' book on the Civil Code. I wanted to share this piece of info here. 

Fortunately, a blogger, Jayson, had already encoded the relevant article and placed it on his own blog (so I don't have to type the same thing. Yey). An excerpt follows:

Art. 27. Any person suffering material or moral loss because a public servant or employee refuses or neglects, without just cause, to perform his official duty may file an action for damages and other relief against the latter, without prejudice to any disciplinary administrative action that may be taken.

Discussion/Explanation:

1. Refusal and Neglect in the Performance of Official Duty
a. The article refer to a public servant or employee. Taken from Art. 839 of the German Civil Code, the purpose of Art. 27 is to end the "pabagsak or bribery system. where the public official for some flimsy, delays or refuses the performance of his duty until he gets some kind of pabagsak."

In a sense, it maybe said that there are three kinds of bribes:

1. The pabagsak- the gift given so that an illegal thing may be done.
2. The pampadulas- the gift given to facilitate or expedite the doing of a legal thing.
3. The pampasalamat- the gift given in appreciation of a thing already done.

Although the scenario the author might have in mind is a situation between a government official/employee and a citizen, bribes such as these are also prevalent in the private sector (Believe me. I should know).

What's left to do now is to spread awareness. Sometimes, people tolerate or condone these practices because they do not know any better. First, one has to be informed before one can act accordingly and courageously. With this, let me end with this quote from Jim Hightower: 

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow. 
If you don't speak out now when it matters, when would it matter for you to speak out?