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To: energyplay who wrote (5269)	4/4/2006 2:15:52 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 218633

There has historically been a lot of corruption in Louisiana. But its interesting to note that you don't have to participate. I spent several years obtaining public and governmental approvals for many Chevron projects and I can tell you paying bribes is not necessary. Even in situations where other companies paid bribes, we did not. Perhaps Chevron's reputation preceded me, but my experience was you could obtain the same, often better, results without the bribe. From the stories I have heard or read about, most people pay bribes when they are trying to avoid complying with the law. An example would be paying a bribe to a regulator so you can dump toxic waste into the river. Then after years of paying bribes and saving a little money, you are found out and have to pay $15 billion for a clean-up which far exceeds what you previously saved by a factor of fifty. Companies like Exxon-Mobil, General Electric and Halliburton who routinely pay bribes always lose out in the end. Its extremely foolish behavior. .