Question: Categorize the following situations as a facilitating payment (grease payment), a bribe or neither of these under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Students should explain why they chose a certain answer category. For example, describe the part of a law that justifies the answer and what factors led your decision for a grease payment, a bribe or neither one.
- Jane Jones, who works for Wales Corporation (a U.S. publicly-traded company), has documents that she needs to clear customs in order to make it to an important business meeting on time. She decides to pay the customs official $500 in order to move to the front of the line.
Same facts as above, but Jane decides to pay the customs official $5000.
- Jane gives a steel letter opener with Wales Corporation imprinted on it to a foreign government official as a gift.
- The country where a major foreign client is based was recently hit by a devastating earthquake. Competitors of Lake Corporation are donating approximately $150,000 each to foreign relief efforts. Lake Corporation also decides to donate a similar amount.