Exam 10: Bribery and Corruption

A government official works in importing and exporting and is responsible for ensuring certain materials do not enter the country, but they accept a significant amount of money to look the other way when an illegal item comes through the port. Which one of the following choices best describes their crime?

If a company does not have a formal policy on what is acceptable in terms of gifts or other forms of payment that could be viewed as bribery, what should an employee do?

What is the difference between the United Nations Convention Against Corruption and the Clean Company Act?

A subcontractor has a friend who awards bids for road maintenance in a large city. The subcontractor seems to always win the bid by being just below the other bids. It is suspected that the subcontractor and the friend are working together, and it is speculated that money is being exchanged. If money is being exchanged, what does that mean?

An organization is hiring foreign employees and needs to expedite the processing of their work visas to have the employees in place to begin work as soon as possible.

Sam works as a pharmaceutical sales representative. As part of his job, he often gives doctors samples to give to patients with the hopes that they will also prescribe his company's medicines. Sam's boss told him that he should also purchase some larger gifts to give to his clients to encourage them to prescribe their medicines for more patients. Sam must make sure that this type of incentive is viewed as which one of the following choices?

Sandy works in sales and often travels to other countries to work with foreign clients. Due to this, she has a spending account to use to charge meals when she takes clients out for a business meal. Sandy's company likely does what to ensure bribery issues are avoided?

Which one of the following choices is a possible consequence of breaking China's Criminal Law of the PRC in regard to damage to the interest of the state?

Someone who bribes others does so for whose benefit?

Corruption only happens in undeveloped countries.

The OECD's Anti-Bribery Convention focuses on which people being bribed to influence business decisions?

What situations can cause bribery to occur during business interactions with foreign companies?

When money is given to someone who has provided excellent service to thank them for their actions, this is likely what?

Bribery is illegal and unethical. Those who are bribed are best described by which one of the following choices?

Sometimes employees get gifts from clients during the holidays. Companies may allow these gifts, but with restrictions best described by which one of these choices?

Shelly has recently been hired with a new company. She is still learning about the organization and wants to do well. Shelly is on her first visit to Bangladesh to meet with a potential supplier. This supplier is the only one that can provide needed material for a new product Shelly's company would like to manufacture. The supplier told Shelly that they only work with companies that treat them well. The supplier then winked at Shelly. Shelly saw the wink and is not sure what to do. Who is the best person Shelly should reach out to about this issue?

When working abroad in another country, Dave and his potential foreign client are out to dinner. The client tells Dave that if he would like to land the contract to have their companies work together, he should consider providing an incentive. The client tells Dave that this is how his company chooses with whom they will work all the time. The client also says it is perfectly normal to give a gift to show how motivated they are to work with one another. Per company policy, Dave would need to get approval for any type of gift to be given. What else should Dave do?

What are some of the ways that companies try to encourage ethical behavior and provide guidance when employees encounter situations that could lead to possible corruption?

Quid pro quo is a type of reciprocity often associated with what workplace practice?

When does a tip become a bribe?