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Originally Posted by red flagged
Let's stop pretending here
Corporate invites to Society golf days. trips to watch a Prem game eg Old Trafford meals at decent restaurants etc etc
are provided for one reason & that is to try to curry favour [excuse the pun] & attempt in a thoroughly civilised way to sway the recipient
As for declaring such favours ....who's checking
They are often referred to as "Jollys" aren't they, relaxed social setting my bum
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The cost of all these free lunches, hotels, golf days, corporate tickets etc are all paid for by adding a few pence here and there to the prices Ordinary Joe pays (multiplied by thousands/millions of Ordinary Joes ) for the particular product/service.
I wouldn't be surprised if some had free Club Wembley type seats at our two games at Wembley as a Jolly to build relationships.
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Correct SB & to pretend otherwise is bolloc ks
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Amongst other things it places a duty on employers to ensure that acts of bribery ( free lunches, football tickets, nights out) aren't committed on it's behalf.
It's usually the employer who's on the receiving or giving end
One thing for sure it's not the guy on the shop floor now is it?
I do believe it's vigorously monitored though
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The guy in charge of procurement will always endeavor to get the best deal for his company both on price , service and quality .
Just because he receives countless invitations to attend free hospitality at Old Trafford , Wembley , Epsom and Cheltenham it isn't going to influence him one bit .
No sireeee , very naughty some of you and I'm not comfortable with your views at all .
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I agree Exile, they are. But they're also a means of getting to know the company and people you're dealing with. You may well choose not to deal with them afterwards, that applies to both customers and suppliers.
I've chosen many times not to pursue a company's business after getting to know their directors/set up a little better. It does actually work both ways you know.
As for the effect on the price "Joe Bloggs" pays, it's a cost to the business like any other. So of course it's passed on. Why wouldn't it be.
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The bloke in procurement would be out on his ar$e if his bosses felt that he was placing orders based on what he was getting from suppliers and not on the best deal for the company.
You have to be very careful when accepting invitations, the last thing you would want is anyone thinking you were bent in any way.
Like it or not chaps it's the way a lot of business is done.
Lets not forget, your integrity and good name should be worth far more than a free trip to Old Trafford or a nice meal out.
If I thought for a minute mine were being compromised by accepting or giving an invitation then it wouldn't happen.
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Ah… I see the problem. You would have preferred me to have asked a different question.
Of course I keep adding in the words ‘in which you expressed an opinion’. That was the question that I asked at the outset and to which you answered ‘I did’. Or are you denying that too? I can pop up a link if you’d like? Simply because you now find it inconvenient that I asked you why you didn’t start a thread in which you expressed an opinion has nothing to do with semantics.
Let’s start again (with the same question – read it carefully and check). If you wanted to talk about Analytica, why didn’t you just start a thread in which you expressed an opinion?
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I think I knew thi dad think he was compressor operator on pit top at Dodworth think his name was Bill worked regular days, if was him when I sneeked out of pit early I used go and sit with him in his little cabin and talk about shyte while pit time.
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Is Raley's the firm that the NUM touted to its members in a deal that saw them receive a cut of the compensation?
An utterly shameful business all round.
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