A Dish of Cream? Some Caviare? Or Strassburg Pie? How to Properly Respond to Bribery Requests  

“Before a Cat will condescend to treat you as a trusted friend, some little token of esteem is needed, like a dish of cream,” T.S. Eliot wrote in his Book of Practical Cats. Ensuring that an employee properly responds to a bribe request is no easy task because providing the soliciting individual with a “little token of esteem” may be the path of least resistance for employees. In a guest article, Hogan Lovells attorneys Peter Spivack and Rafael Ribeiro discuss how a company can strengthen all aspects of its compliance program to minimize the risk that bribes will be requested and ensure that their employees respond appropriately when they are. For further insights from Hogan Lovells, see “How Companies Can Use Enhanced Auditing Techniques to Address the Government’s Increasing Focus on Internal Controls” (May 13, 2015).

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