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Anti-bribery and corporate gifts policy: Trustees, Council, Board and Committee members

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This policy applies to RCR trustees, Council, Board and Committee members. A similar policy exists for RCR employees and contractors.

The Bribery Act 2010 created a new offence which can be committed by organisations which fail to prevent persons associated with them from bribing another person on their behalf. The Act provides:

  • a general offence of bribery, which is defined as giving someone a financial or other advantage to induce them to perform their functions or activities improperly, or to reward them for having already done so.
  • an offence of bribing a foreign public official in order to win business, keep business or gain a business advantage for the organisation.
  • an offence relating to failure by a business to prevent a person associated with it from committing the above offences on its behalf in order to win business, keep business or gain a business advantage for the organisation.

An organisation that can prove it had "adequate procedures" in place to prevent persons associated with it from bribing will have a defence. What counts as adequate will depend on the bribery risks an organisation faces and the nature and size of the organisation.

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