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| Gifts, Meals, Entertainment, and Other Business Courtesies HERE FOR GOOD WITH OUR PARTNERS GIFTS, MEALS, ENTERTAINMENT, AND OTHER BUSINESS COURTESIES ? WATCH OUT FOR • Business courtesies should be reasonable, infrequent, and modest in amount, as well as consistent with internal policy, applicable law, custom, and practice. • We must never offer gifts, meals, entertainment, or travel to anyone to obtain or retain licenses, approvals, business, or any other type of improper advantage. • Offering or accepting gifts, meals, entertainment, or other business courtesies above certain monetary thresholds requires Local Compliance Officer approval, as required OUR RESPONSIBILITIES Offering or receiving gifts, meals, entertainment, hosted travel, or other courtesies can be a legitimate means of strengthening relationships, but we must never offer or accept such courtesies under circumstances where they could improperly affect, or appear to improperly affect, decision making. In general, such business courtesies given to or received from suppliers, students, and others outside Laureate must be related to a legitimate purpose and given or received without expectation of any improper influence or advantage. by the Policy on Gift, Meals, Entertainment, Sponsored Travel, and Other Business Offering or accepting gifts, meals, entertainment, or other business courtesies above certain monetary thresholds requires Local Compliance Officer approval. i Courtesies. • We must never give or receive gifts of cash or cash equivalents in our dealings with outside parties. • Faculty may accept modest gifts from students, but not under circumstances where it might appear that the gift is an attempt to influence. • Consult local policies on gifts, meals, and entertainment. 25 For more information, see our Anti-Corruption Policy Policy on Gift, Meals, Entertainment, Sponsored Travel, and Other Business Courtesies Global Travel & Entertainment Policy U.S. Policy on Government-Related Business Courtesies, Political Contributions, and Lobbying WHAT SHOULD I DO? Q. I am in the process of selecting a supplier for an important project, and a sales representative for one of the suppliers bidding on the project would like to take me to dinner to discuss the proposal. Is it OK for me to let her pay for the dinner? A. No. Modestly priced meals generally are acceptable, but in these circumstance— where you are actively selecting a supplier—accepting the meal would create the appearance of improper influence. |