????當(dāng)然，也有可能是因?yàn)楦嗟陌讣](méi)有被媒體曝光。但隨著美國(guó)當(dāng)局開始加大懲處企業(yè)賄賂行為，公眾已聽到了越來(lái)越多的案件。正如《財(cái)富》雜志（Fortune）史蒂芬?甘代爾本周早些時(shí)候指出，聯(lián)邦官員正在調(diào)查更多賄賂案件，因?yàn)?002年《薩班斯-奧克斯利法案》（Sarbanes Oxley Act）要求首席執(zhí)行官和首席財(cái)務(wù)官保證公司遞交的財(cái)務(wù)文件必須正確無(wú)誤，其中也包括報(bào)告賄賂行為。

????結(jié)果我們發(fā)現(xiàn)，賄賂和回扣在墨西哥、中國(guó)和俄羅斯更盛行，至少?gòu)耐该鲊?guó)際（Transparency International）2011年的行賄者指數(shù)（Bribe Payers Index）來(lái)看是這樣。行賄指數(shù)根據(jù)企業(yè)海外行賄傾向的高低對(duì)全球主要經(jīng)濟(jì)體進(jìn)行排名，分?jǐn)?shù)越高表明行賄可能性越低。荷蘭和瑞士的得分都是8.8，在28個(gè)經(jīng)濟(jì)體中并列第一。美國(guó)緊隨其后，為8.1。墨西哥（7.0）、中國(guó)（6.5）和俄羅斯（6.1）墊底。

????人們或許很容易得出結(jié)論，認(rèn)為在腐敗國(guó)家做生意就得靠行賄。但最終，行賄總是讓公司得不償失。

????譯者：早稻米

????It's likely that there are many more cases that have gone unreported. However, it could also be that the public has started to hear of more cases as U.S. authorities become more aggressive about punishing corporate payoffs. As Fortune's Stephen Gandel pointed out earlier this week, federal officials are pursuing more bribery cases thanks to the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 that effectively requires CEOs and CFOs to certify their companies' financial filings are correct. And that includes reporting bribes.

????As it turns out, the culture of bribery and kickbacks is more prevalent in Mexico, China and Russia, at least according to Transparency International's 2011 Bribe Payers Index, which ranks the world's major economies by the tendency of their companies to offer bribes abroad. A high score reflected a low likelihood of bribery. The Netherlands and Switzerland both scored 8.8, the highest of 28 economies. The U.S. came close scoring 8.1. Mexico (7.0), China (6.5) and Russia (6.1) scored the lowest.

????It might be easy to assume that bribery is just the way business is done in corrupt states, but at the end of the day, it almost always ends up costing companies more than they realize.