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「我們實現目標的手段，決定了往後我們生存的世界型態。」──Charles Percy，前美國參議員★愈自由、愈貪腐。本書揭露知名企業檯面下的獲 利 引 擎★必看族群：監管職、事業投資人、散戶、納稅人等在輸贏之前，早已沒有公平可言行賄、貪汙、交易暗盤層出不窮，甚至融入了公、私部門各領域的內規，而法制永遠落後於手段的變形。若要破解這些惡意行為，使回扣文化停止擴散，比起立法或加強監管，我們更應探討市場與體制具備了什麼誘因。得獎記者大衛．蒙特羅穿越四大洲，與警察和情報官員、被定罪的罪犯、企業高管、以及腐敗問題專家訪談，全面了解賄賂的惡果及實質影響。當守法的成本＞違法的代價從本書納入的11個貪腐案件你將發現，對政權、企業而言，按照規則行事的成本，通常遠高於行賄的代價。你將了解從個人、群體、到國家，他們如何為了保住職位、增加收入、做成生意、壟斷、鞏固地位……選擇慢性自殺。比起檢視程序，了解誘因才能解決問題──世界經濟強權╳500強企業，市面上最完整的貪汙結構圖　⮚跨國企業為了瓜分中國市場，坦承向官員行賄的比例高達35％。　⮚美國總統公開認同貪腐的必要性：「今天，任何國家進到那些地方，都要入境隨俗。」　⮚日本最強中間人告訴洛克希德公司：「如果不行賄，就別想在日本做生意。」　⮚勞斯萊斯的營收在1987至2016年幾乎成長了三十倍。它的決勝策略，是透過至少8位藏鏡人，買通各國政府高官。　⮚史上第一家跨國企業「東印度公司」快速主宰世界的祕密：賄賂。　⮚西門子曾經一舉聘請2,700位「顧問」，是一支名符其實的行賄大軍。美國司法部調查發現，西門子在全球十多個國家中，至少有4,283筆賄款，總金額將近140,000,000美元。　⮚一位希臘前官員表示，「企業行賄」確實是讓希臘陷入危機的主要原因。誘因對了，人們才會做對的事藉由本書，你將了解納稅人的錢，如何不成比例地被放入少數人的口袋，並排擠必要預算的空間；還有，公共建設、軍火採購、醫療健保……等領域的模範企業，如何達到「大到不能倒」的地位。「大腦可以為血肉之軀制定法律，但火熱的性子會躍過冰冷的法令。」──《威尼斯商人》

史上最完整的貪污地圖世界經濟強權．500強知名企業．橫跨四大洲★普立茲獎得主盛讚★★作者為艾美獎提名製作人★「必看《黑錢》！這本書獨一無二、具啟發性又精練，直接拆穿賄賂的真實過程，以及誰將為此買單。」──普立茲獎得主 羅威爾．褒曼（Lowell Bergman）∣歷史判決告訴我們，賄賂幾乎沒有風險∣全球五百強企業，為什麼最後成為經濟殺手？在經濟強權的貿易戰背後，這究竟是必要之惡，還是慢性自殺？►美

Trainee jockey, Noel Woodman, has been kicked to death by an aggressive stallion at a horse racing stables near Bridgwater. Everyone is convinced it was an accident, except his brother, Jon, home on l

In settings as diverse as a struggling advertising agency, a book store, and a large computer company, the protagonists in Kickback and Other Stories find duplicity, betrayal, and sudden violence. As

P.I. Spenser, knight-errant of the Back Bay, returns in this stellar addition to the iconic New York Times–bestselling series from author Ace Atkins.What started out as a joke landed seventeen-year-ol

P.I. Spenser, knight-errant of the Back Bay, returns in this stellar addition to the iconic New York Times-bestselling series from author Ace Atkins.What started out as a joke landed seventeen-year-ol

PI Spenser, knight-errant of the Back Bay, returns in this stellar New York Times–bestselling addition to the iconic series from author Ace Atkins. What started out as a joke landed seventeen

P.I. Spenser, knight-errant of the Back Bay, returns in this stellar addition to the iconicNew York Times–bestselling series from author Ace Atkins.What started out as a joke landed seventeen-year-old

P.I. Spenser, knight-errant of the Back Bay, returns in this stellar addition to the iconic New York Times?bestselling series from author Ace Atkins. What started out as a joke landed seventeen-year-o

An investigation into corporate bribery around the world and how it undermines democracy and the free market systemThe World Bank estimates that rich multinational corporations pay hundreds of billion

Investigates the "kids for cash" scandal that saw Judge Mark A. Ciavarella hand down unusually harsh sentences to delinquent teenagers, ordering that they be sent to a detention facility in which he h