Practical Observation and Reflection on Emotional Investment-Type Bribery

Abstract

As economic and social growth enters a transitional period and anti-corruption operations intensify, it is likely that new types of bribery offenses will continue to arise. the emotional investment kind is a somewhat common form among these new ones. The offender tries to hide the true nature of power-for-money deals by disguising bribery offenses as normal and fair human interaction transactions. This paper attempts to conduct a more thorough judicial examination of emotional investment-type bribery by screening nine typical cases from a particular province over the past ten years, interpreting the specific details of the cases, and discussing the contentious and prevalent issues in individual case verdicts.