这些材料是我从网站上搜到的，感觉不错。这个公司已经控制了我国大部分省分的水务，所以，做为一个有点责任的青年，有必要把这些东西转过来。记住：外国控制的水务必然是价格奇高的。
原文：http://www.acme-eau.org/Nouveau- ... n-Anglais_a214.html


       It is well known that the company will use bribery to obtain watercontracts. Indeed, corruption appears to part of their corporateculture. In mid-1996, five out of 13 directors on the main board ofVivendi/Generale des eaux were under investigation for corruption(mostly in connection with their jobs with other companies)However, itis often very difficult to obtain sufficient evidence and to find courtsystems willing to cooperate in prosecutions.
　　
　　Some of themost significant recent convictions for bribery involving officials ofVivendi and their many subsidiaries and affiliates are listed below.All of the convictions were obtained in the U.S. and Europe. Thisprobably reflects the greater difficulties that face judicial andregulatory institutions in the global south when trying to regulate thebehavior of transnational corporations in the context of veryimbalanced global power relationships. It is likely that Veolia employsthese corrupt practices even more commonly in the developing world,given the weaker rule of law and judicial institutions
　　
　　.Strasbourg, France, 1991: Andre Fougerousse resigned as mayor ofOstwald and municipal councilor of Strasbourgafter allegedly receivingpaybacks from Vivendi, Saur and Suez. Mr. Fougerousse claimed thepayments were normal and that other officials received similarcutbacks.
　　
　　St. Denis, Isle de La Reunion, France, 1996 :Two senior Vivendi/General des Eaux executives were convicted ofbribing the mayor of St. Denis in order to obtain a water contractafter admitting in court in October 1996 that Vivendi had fundedelected officials in order to obtain a water concession.
　　In 1996Jean-Dominique Deschamps was fined US$27,000 in addition to an 18-monthprison sentence after courts found him guilty of bribing officials inas many as 70 cities throughout France. Mr Deschamps was then Vivendi’sdeputy director general and sought to secure water contracts for theVivendi conglomerate.
　　
　　Angouleme, France, 1996 : The formermayor of Angouleme, Jean-Michel Boucherone, admitted to acceptingUS$55,000 from Vivendi affiliate Generale des Eaux in exchange forawarding a contract to the company. He was sentenced to two years inprison (plus two suspended years) and fined US$172,000.
　　
　　NewOrleans, Louisiana, USA, 2001 : Professional Services Group (PSG),purchased by Vivendi subsidiary US Filter in the mid-1990s, signed thecontract to operate New Orleans sewer service in 1992. A PSG executiveand a member of the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board were convictedin connection with bribery charges as PSG was seeking an extension tothat contract. Aqua Alliance, PSG’s parent company, pleaded guilty tothe charge of bribery and was levied a US$3 million fine.
　　
　　Milan, Italy, 2001 : Alain Maetz, a senior manager in Vivendi’s waterdivision was convicted for bribery and received a prison sentence ofone year and ten months with a conditional discharge. Judges said Mr.Maetz had paid a bribe to the president of the Milan city councilduring the bidding procedure for the contract for a wastewatertreatment plant in the south of Milan. Massimo De Carolis, the thenformer city council president received an almost three year sentencefor receiving the US$2 million bribe. The contract was worth US$100million.
　　
　　Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, 2002 : Between 1996and 1999, PSG gave US$700,000 to two close associates of Joseph P.Ganim, the mayor of Bridgeport, in order to obtain a contract tooperate the city’s wastewater treatment plant. Ganim was subsequentlyconvicted in U.S.
　　District Court on 16 counts, including extortionand bribery in connection with taking kickbacks for steering the citycontract to PSG. The associates and eight other defendants also pleadedguilty to charges in connection with the case.
　　Unethical andsocially irresponsible behavior by multinational corporations is amajor problem in contemporary society. The problem is much deeper thanthe legal definitions of what is considered bribery or criminalbehavior by a corporation. The legal definitions change over time andfrom country to country.
　　
　　For example, in the U.S., politicalcontributions by corporations are used as financial inducements toencourage actions by politicians in the interests of thesecorporations. Within guidelines, this behavior is called lobbying(really not so different from bribery) and is considered legal. Asidefrom the actual content of the law, the economic power and influence oflarge transnational corporations within the politics of a country candistort outcomes.
　　
　　For example, in both Lesotho and Pakistanindividuals have been convicted of receiving bribes from watercompanies, but the companies themselves have not been convicted ofpaying those bribes. In most countries, the legal, political and socialstructures tend to privilege actions of large transnationalcorporations over other social actors such as unorganized consumers andespecially poor and low-income citizens.