How practical is a zero tolerance approach to facilitation payments under the UK Bribery Act?
11 October 2010 Listen to Webcast
With the enforcement of the UK Bribery Act looming, one offence set out in the act undoubtedly causing contention for organisations is the universal prohibition of facilitation payments. Some will argue a zero tolerance approach creates a level playing field for all organisations, whilst others question whether it’s even possible to do business without them. During this webcast our panel of experts discuss and debate the practicalities and challenges presented by prohibiting facilitation payments and answer questions surrounding this much deliberated provision of the act.
Topics covered include:
Facilitation payments - the legal background
Facilitation payments why they matter?
The impact & the practicalities of a zero tolerance policy
Practical steps which can be taken to implement a zero tolerance
policy
Speakers:
Sam Eastwood, Partner, Norton Rose LLP
Robert Barrington, Director of External Affairs, Transparency International
Pedro Montoya, Group Chief Compliance Officer, EADS
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