In March of 1999, a Los Angeles woman, Maria Hsia, was convicted on charges that she caused false reports to be filed with federal election officials. Last year, the bottlers for Coca-Cola and PepsiCo in Venezuela were found guilty of price fixing by that nation's antitrust authority. And a series published by the Kansas City Star last year said federal judges in Kansas City and elsewhere had presided over dozens of lawsuits against companies in which they owned stock.
Laws forbid such conflicts of interest.
It is not uncommon to read about major companies paying bribes to government officials or providing large kickbacks to company purchasing agents. The cost of compromise For Christians, there is a price to be paid for every compromise, especially to God's Word. That price is the loss of peace from God. Furthermore, Christians who compromise at any level dull their consciences and put themselves in danger of further compromise. Thus, Christian employees will pad their expense accounts and rationalize it will eventually pad their income and rationalize that as well.