Bribery

Criminal law.

As defined in the UK's Bribery Act 2010, bribery is:

• offering or giving an advantage expressed in financial or other terms to a person to perform a public function or business activity in an improper way.
• requesting, accepting or agreeing to receive an advantage personally or through another person to perform a business activity improperly.
• offering or giving any advantage to foreign public officials to influence them in their governance capacity.
• the failure by a commercial organisation to prevent a bribe being paid for or on its behalf to achieve an advantage in the conduct of business.

See also

• Adequate procedures
• Bribery Act
• Serious Fraud Office