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贿赂是提供金钱，礼物或其他优势的奉献，有前途，付出，接受或招募，以诱使做一些非法或违反信任或在进行组织活动过程中的不公平竞争优势的事情。

Forms of bribery include:

勒索 - 非法使用自己的职位或办公室通过胁迫或威胁获取金钱。一个例子是，当海关官员从进口商那里要求过期或虚假的“海关”作为清理货物的条件。

Facilitation payments – these are bribes and are usually small unofficial payments made to secure or expedite the performance of a routine or necessary action to which the payer of the facilitation payment has legal or other entitlement. One example would be where a governmental licence or permit is required for a particular course of action (such as opening a new clinic) and an official who has some part in granting that licence or permit seeks a 'special payment' to speed through a successful application.

Gifts and hospitality –extravagant gifts and hospitality may be used to disguise bribes that are intended to induce improper behaviour.

根据2011年7月1日生效的《英国贿赂法》，如果“英国合理的人”认为它与相关功能或活动的不当绩效有关，则支付贿赂。贿赂可以采用任何形式，并且具有任何规模，并且可以从公共或非公共机构和员工那里支付或收到。

If a bribe is paid or received by a third party (such as a partner organisation), anywhere in the world, for the benefit of any British citizen (or "person with a close connection" to the UK), that British citizen is liable to prosecution.

Additionally, any organisation which engages in commercial activity in the UK may be subject to prosecution if it is deemed to have failed to take appropriate steps to prevent bribery. This applies to charities that engage in commercial activities (trading or any service for which fees are charged) irrespective of the purpose for which profits are made.

Prosecutions can also be brought against managers or trustees of a charity, if it can be shown that an offence was committed with their consent or connivance.

定罪的潜在罚款包括个人或组织的无限罚款。也可能会对一个人施加长达十年的徒刑。

Individual senior managers or trustees may be prosecuted if an offence is proved to have been committed by a corporate body with their consent or connivance. An organisation convicted on indictment for failing to prevent bribery is liable to an unlimited fine.

。净的地方确保th的最高价值at neither it nor any organisation nor any individual with which it works is in any way involved with any action which could amount to bribery or corruption. Such action is wrong in itself and damaging to the reputation of SciDev.Net and could lead to criminal convictions for SciDev.Net itself and those individuals involved. SciDev.Net has therefore put in place the following procedures which will apply to all members of staff and Trustees and (where appropriate) those who act on behalf of SciDev.Net. The procedures are designed to ensure that all concerned are aware of circumstances and action which might amount to bribery or corruption, and of the steps which they need to take if they are aware of or suspect any such action.

任何被贿赂或要求贿赂或合理地认为他们已被贿赂或要求贿赂的工作人员或协调员，都必须毫不犹豫地向其线路经理以及董事报告此事。提供或要求贿赂的任何代理商，顾问或贡献者，或者合理地认为他们已被贿赂或要求贿赂，都必须毫不延迟地向董事报告此事。如果任何受托人在类似情况下都发现自己，他们应该立即将其报告给主席（或在他缺席的情况下，董事）。

在罕见且特殊的情况下，当个人觉得自己别无选择，只能付款以防止生命丧失，肢体或自由或人道主义紧急情况（例如，以防止生命丧失），应与董事和主席，最早的机会。

Acts of bribery undertaken by staff of SciDev.Net (whether seeking a bribe or paying a bribe), and any failure by a member of staff of SciDev.Net to report that a bribe has been offered or asked for, will be considered gross misconduct and will be dealt with accordingly in line with SciDev.Net staff handbook. Gross misconduct will be dealt with under our Disciplinary Procedure and will normally lead to dismissal without notice or pay in lieu of notice (summary dismissal). In the case of agents, coordinators or consultants, their contract will be terminated with immediate effect. In the case of commissioned contributors, the commission will be cancelled and you will not be used for any future commissions.