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Activity II

Categorize the following as a facilitating payment (grease payment), a bribe or neither of these under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.  Explain why they chose a certain answer.

1. Jane Jones, who works for XYZ Corporation (a U.S. publicly-traded company), has documents that she needs to clear customs in order to make it to an important business meeting on time.  She decides to pay the customs official $500 in order to move to the front of the line.
2. Same facts as above, but Jane decides to pay the customs official $5000.
3. Jane gives a steel letter opener with XYZ Corporation imprinted on it to a foreign government official as a gift.
4. The country where a major foreign client is based was recently hit by a devastating earthquake.  Competitors of XYZ Corporation are donating approximately $150,000 each to foreign relief efforts.  XYZ Corporation also decides to donate a similar amount.