Since all public officials have a duty to exercise judgment or discretion impartially, the giving of bribes in order to influence a public official's judgment or discretion and the taking of such bribes should be included in the definition of corruption, irrespective of the law or regulations applicable in the particular official's country or to the international organisation concerned.
Ós rud é go bhfuil dualgas ar gach oifigeach poiblí breithiúnas nó discréid a fheidhmiú go neamhchlaon, ba cheart a áireamh ar shainmhínithe an éillithe breabanna a íoc d'fhonn dul i gcion ar bhreithiúnas nó ar dhiscréid oifigigh phoiblí agus glacadh breabanna den sórt sin, beag beann ar an dlí nó ar na rialacháin is infheidhme i dtír an oifigigh áirithe sin nó maidir leis an eagraíocht idirnáisiúnta lena mbaineann.