Imagine trusting a friend to choose a restaurant. Later, you find out the owner paid them in secret to send you to that expensive, bad place. That kind of betrayal happens inside companies too, costing them billions every year. This chapter looks at the messy, human world of corruption—when an employee uses their position to secretly influence business decisions for personal gain, not for the company’s good. You’ll learn how these tricks work, the warning signs, and how the law fights back.