Re:Microsoft is using illegal bribes in the Middle East and ...
by ridgered4 on Friday April 14, 2023 @09:37AM
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Based on those trainings I also have to take yearly, the US has a weird carve out for "facilitation payments" that are basically just bribes to cut through red tape and delays that probably exist just to extract bribes in the first place. But I do remember the training calling out using a third party intermediary to launder your bribes isn't a defense and you're suppose to be responsible for how your money is used. I suspect the later isn't well enforced though but I couldn't say.
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Re:Microsoft is using illegal bribes in the Middle East and ...
by mrguyorama on Friday April 14, 2023 @02:39PM
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My training at different global companies has always specified "Facilitation Payments" as explicitly illegal
Re:Microsoft is using illegal bribes in the Middle East and ...
by op00to on Sunday April 16, 2023 @12:45PM
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It’s stupid complicated, but essentially right. The legality of facilitation depends on the laws of all the jurisdictions involved. So where it’s legal and customary, say, in Egypt or whatever, I think, you can get away with it. Because how else would you get anything done?