So bribery is OK so long it's done by a state ?
No. Of course not, but you know how the world is. If Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc. had been offered a big donation from Charles Manson (when he was alive), there would be the Manson Family Chair of Ethics named after him - if that's what he had wanted. That's not such a stretch. Look at the recent story about all the money MIT got from Epstein and his 'friends'. They tried to hide it. They, and the rest of society, will very often do what they perceive is in their best interests, and they will do whatever they can to avoid scrutiny and tarnishing of their image.
Doing the right thing, particularly when you will lose something, is hard for people to do, unfortunately.
"How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it." Mathew 7:14 (and I am the furthest person from being an expert on scripture)