- I work in purchasing approval position for company A
- Company B would like to do business with Company A
- If I say "B, I can get you deal with my employer A, but you need to give me extra money" - this is against every business conduct guideline / contract / terms of employment in every company I worked for, and against law in many jurisdictions.
In case that somehow slipped / you missed it: person was SIMULTANEOUSLY employed by A, while being given money by B to approve things on behalf of A. That's simple kickback / bribery.
It wasn't a morally-dubious but frequently-legal case of "revolving door" where a person does this sequentially. They were approving deals as exec for netflix, and earning money to approve those deals by small companies, at the same time.
- I work in purchasing approval position for company A
- Company B would like to do business with Company A
- If I say "B, I can get you deal with my employer A, but you need to give me extra money" - this is against every business conduct guideline / contract / terms of employment in every company I worked for, and against law in many jurisdictions.
In case that somehow slipped / you missed it: person was SIMULTANEOUSLY employed by A, while being given money by B to approve things on behalf of A. That's simple kickback / bribery.
It wasn't a morally-dubious but frequently-legal case of "revolving door" where a person does this sequentially. They were approving deals as exec for netflix, and earning money to approve those deals by small companies, at the same time.