Menu12/16/15: This time of year, companies face a bigger issue than whether or not their corporate gifts are greeted with joy and appreciation. The issue is this: is that gift a violation of law, likely to put your company in the crosshairs of a criminal or civil enforcement action? Sabine Vollmer, writing in CGMA...Magazine, answers that question in an article titled, “Giving Corporate Holiday Gifts without the Bribery Risk.” CGMA, the global accounting association, is a good reference guide for giving (or not giving) gifts. Nothing worse than giving a present and being hit with a bribery charge.
