GIFT AND HOSPITALITY ISSUES: ETHICAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMS

Summary:

Gift giving and showing hospitality is a normal part of doing business all around the world. We use gifts to build and solidify relationships, show appreciation, secure new business, maintain current business, or simply for good protocol and good will. On the other hand, gifts can be used to manipulate, bribe, give a misleading impression, pay back, and even to break the law. Make no mistake, inappropriate gifts are unethical, illegal, and wrong. You need to be very, very, careful so that the gifts and hospitality you receive in the course of doing your job do not have any other unethical motivation attached.

Outline

1. Gifts and Hospitality
2. Gifts Come in All Forms
3. Three Reasons for Rejecting Inappropriate Gifts?
4. Bad Intentions
5. What the Law Says