Many companies have solved this problem for you with
gift exchange rules.
Here are
the gift exchange rules to the game:
Not exact matches
One of the reasons that people suffer hives, crying jags, drinking bouts, and plain orneriness in the Christmas season is the
rules: Everyone has got to celebrate, renew family ties,
exchange gifts, and above all «be happy.»
That
ruling made it no longer illegal for a politician to line his or her pockets off people seeking favors unless the politician does something «official» in
exchange for
gifts, such as passing legislation.
McDonnell's bribery conviction was tossed last month after the Supreme Court
ruled that his conduct — accepting lavish
gifts from a businessman in
exchange for meetings and a lunch at the governor's mansion — fell short of bribery because the government could not prove he accepted the
gifts in
exchange for an «official act,» like legislation.
While former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate leader Dean Skelos were convicted in federal corruption cases, any correspondence they may have had with those seeking official favors in
exchange for
gifts and payments weren't obtainable by the press or average citizens under current FOIL
rules.
If you've never heard of it, a Favorite Things party is SIMILAR to a White Elephant
gift exchange — but more fun (with less
rules) and all women (no men or kids!).
Note: $ 14,000 is the current threshold for
gift tax
rules for an
exchange from one person to another.
And where no «referral fee» per se is paid, but some other
exchange is made (such as an agreement to reciprocate with referrals back to the other attorney or where another
gift is given to the referring attorney), ethical
rules covering advertising, including Model
Rule 7.2 may come into play.
The first
rule is to understand that foreign corruption doesn't just take the form of
exchanging money for much needed permits or favours from officials on the ground — it can be transactions or
gifts much more difficult to track and more complex from an ethical perspective.