Bribery definition

Bribery means the act of unduly offering, giving, receiving or soliciting anything of value to influence the process of procuring goods or services, selecting consultants, or executing contracts.

Bribery means the act of giving or receiving ‘gratification’ in exchange for some kind of influence or action in return, that the recipient would otherwise not offer.

Bribery means the taking of an inducement for an action which is illegal, unethical or a breach of trust. Inducements can take the form of gifts, loans, fees, rewards or other advantages. A bribe might be taken in order to gain any commercial, contractual or regulatory advantage for the school in a way which is unethical or for personal advantage, pecuniary, or otherwise, for the individual or anyone connected with the individual.

Examples of Bribery in a sentence

• The Contractor represents and warrants that it has not and shall not violate or cause the Authority to violate any such Anti-Corruption and Bribery Laws.

• Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, the Authority may withhold payments under this Contract, and terminate this Contract immediately by way of written notice to the Contractor, if it believes, in good faith, that the Contractor has violated or caused the Authority to violate the Applicable Anti-Corruption and Bribery Laws.

• Ambiguities can lead to compliance issues and ethical dilemmas.• Political Interference: Political pressures and interference can influence the alignment of private institutions with government standards and policies, compromising their ability to act ethically.• Corruption and Bribery: In some cases, private institutions may face ethical dilemmas when dealing with corrupt practices within the government.

• House of Lords Select Committee, The Bribery Act 2010: post-legislative scrutiny, (14 March 2019), at p.3. Neely ‘UK Country Report’ in EC Study: Part III Country Reports at p.319.

• Any invitation to tender issued under this regulation shall be subject to Standing Orders 18 and shall refer to the terms of the Bribery Act 2010.

More Definitions of Bribery

Bribery means the offering, promising, giving, authorising or accepting of any undue pecuniary or other advantage to, by or for any Applicable Authority or for anyone else in order to obtain or retain a business advantage or other improper advantage, including but not limited to in connection with public or private procurement contract awards, regulatory permits, taxation, customs, judicial and legislative proceedings.

Bribery or “Bribe” means to directly or indirectly offer, promise or provide a financial or other advantage (including hospitality) to another person to:

Bribery means the offering, authorising, giving, soliciting or accepting any monetary or other benefit to influence action of a Government Official in an official capacity, or to otherwise influence any person to act improperly. Bribery includes the making of facilitation payments, which are improper payments made to induce required routine official action;

Bribery means any payment, gift, loan, remuneration, commission, success fee, pay off or kickback or any non-monetary benefit intended to induce any person to do, or reward any person for doing, something dishonest or illegal, or to abuse someone’s trust, and includes, without limitation, conduct that would constitute “bribery of foreign public officials” as defined in Article 1 of the Convention of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions dated November 21, 1997;

Bribery means offering, giving, soliciting or accepting of an undue advantage of any value (which could be financial or non-financial), directly or indirectly, and irrespective of location(s), in violation of applicable law, as an inducement or reward for a person for acting or refraining from acting in relation to objectivity and performance of that person’s duties.

Bribery means the act of unduly offering, giving, receiving or soliciting anything of value to influence the process of procuring Goods or services, selecting consultants, or executing contracts.

Bribery means an inducement or reward accepted, obtained, attempted to be obtained, solicited, given, offered, promised or received in order to improperly gain any commercial, contractual, regulatory or personal advantage or influence which includes passive and active bribery.