How to tactfully refuse a gift.

[Tin Pot]

Jeezo, could this thread be any more British?

Option 10 isn't really cricket now, is it.

 

[Slick]

Option 10 isn't really cricket now, is it.

We do like a good que though.

 

[Globalti]

Are you a one man band or owner of your company?

The reason I ask is I am self employed and if a client gave me a cheque for £1000, me having given him some good assistance, I would regard that as fair and reasonable and would trouser it. I wouldn't think of it as a gift, more an ex-gratia to reflect the fact I'd saved the client a lot of money or whatever

However, if an employee gets something like that then it's quite a different matter

I'm an employee. I discussed it with my Director, an extremely experienced exporter and he agreed that it would be best to follow my instinct and decline the money graciously. Accepting it would have put me in an uncomfortable position.

 

[Tin Pot]

Page 1 states this is a personal not professional relationship.

Otherwise the Bribery Act 2010 applies

 

[nickyboy]

I'm an employee. I discussed it with my Director, an extremely experienced exporter and he agreed that it would be best to follow my instinct and decline the money graciously. Accepting it would have put me in an uncomfortable position.

Absolutely agree. When I was an employee I would have done the same.

 

[nickyboy]

Just thank the good Lord you don't work for the NHS....

https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/conflicts-of-interest-consultation.pdf

I remember once the company I worked at was the subject of an Inland Revenue audit. Auditor was there a couple of days. On the second day I said we could continue our chat about systems and such like while we had some lunch. This was just some simple pub lunch costing a few pounds

IR auditor refused. Said that the bureaucracy he would have to go through to declare the cheap lunch in accordance with IR procedures was so painful he would rather just eat his sandwich and start the work again in the afternoon

 

[srw]

Just thank the good Lord you don't work for the NHS....

https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/conflicts-of-interest-consultation.pdf

Looks remarkably clear and straightforward. And the provisions are not onerous and very similar to the policy my employer has in place.

 

[Profpointy]

I remember once the company I worked at was the subject of an Inland Revenue audit. Auditor was there a couple of days. On the second day I said we could continue our chat about systems and such like while we had some lunch. This was just some simple pub lunch costing a few pounds

IR auditor refused. Said that the bureaucracy he would have to go through to declare the cheap lunch in accordance with IR procedures was so painful he would rather just eat his sandwich and start the work again in the afternoon

I recall similar when we visited IBM's research site some years back. Had a quite nice buffet lunch - not lavish, nor fine dining but better than a few soggy sandwhiches. The IBM guys mentioned that when civil servants visited they had a strict limit and IBM had to say how much the lunch was (maybe £10 or £15 I guess) The upshot was IBM then had to specially organise an inferior lunch just for them.